I Ponder a World, Part 2

I woke up on Wednesday to a different world. A world full of possibility. It wasn’t until I accepted the reality of the election outcome that I allowed myself to fully feel what had been bottled up for so long. It was simple. It was hope.

©2008 Kim L. Ford

I Ponder A World, Part 1

I sit here today and ponder a world with a black American president realizing that just a year ago I didn’t really believe, much less imagine this could happen in my lifetime. I also realize that no one person can be everything to everyone and that undoing the last 8 years will take more than the 4 upcoming. And it will take more than one person. But I know that the first is the one that takes the hits, the lumps, the name calling, the insults, the slurs, and everything else that comes with that role. I also know that because they take all that abuse with grace and equanimity, they prepare the road for the rest of us. This man that would become president may not be the progressive/left/revolutionary that we want, but he his the hope of what is needed and what can be done.

©2008 Kim L. Ford