inaguration of a lifetime....

today my mind is all over the place, like a map of my life is unfolded flat before me. and i am perusing the pushpins of my all my social journeying. i think about my participation in the youth group called Future Problem Solvers. i think about my volunteer work in high school. i think about my year of Americorps service. i think about all the dialogue shared with fellow public service majors in college. i think about the work i did with a group home filled with essentially homeless girls. i think about the peace rally we attended with our very own children. i think about today. i think about my path and my part. i think about my voice and my power. i think about our country. splendid in it's potential. provable as is evidenced by this election. and what's *wrong* with being inspired? what's *wrong* with being moved into action? what's *wrong* with believing that a group CAN be led authentically into being better? into positive social change? nothing is wrong with that. nothing at all. barack h. obama, you are blissfully burdened with a heavy responsibility inciting all this excitement in our country. yet i think only someone *capable* of following through could raise all this hope. hope is good. nothing false about hope. yes, we can. change the world.