I have lived to see the impossible! I have to say, for all the mixed feelings I have had about America, particularly during the last eight years, I am proud of the American people for showing that they were able to do something much of the world did not think possible - elect a person of colour to the highest office in the land. I give them credit for their willingness to try something new, to vote for change, unlike in Canada where we simply settled, once again, for more of the same bland version of politics we already had. For shame, Canada! Where is our Obama? (Please gods, don't tell me it going to be Justin Trudeau...I can't handle it. I'd rather have...well, anyone. He is no Obama. Hell, he isn't even Trudeau...)
See, I'm spoiling my own good mood.
All this was meant simply to say that I have my own audacity of hope again. I have hope that America will now start to scrape itself back together and maybe lead again. That old wounds can be salved, and new bridges be built. Perhaps it is a dawning of a new version of a very old game? Maybe, just maybe, he has something to teach and the means by which we can all learn. I have thought about getting involved again, and I think that means that the spirit is transmitting itself around the world and I can only hope it translates into a million small actions that change the world. Who talked about that, Margaret Mead? Yes...' '...
Let's do it.
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On a lighter and wholly unpolitical note, I present to you (you, likely only being mom anyhow) 'Nana laughing' (Nahanni's title). More later...
Enjoy.
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