Hope

[chicken]

I'm the most cynical person I know. Now this might not be true. I've even been extremely cynical about Obama's message of hope. But right now his speech has turned that around a bit. I think I actually cried tears of relief.

Comments

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

I bawled.

[anelith.livejournal.com]

I did indeed cry last night, and hugged the members of my family who were awake (the littlest one crashed). And then cried again this morning when I heard a repeat of his acceptance speech on the radio. It's a good day!

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

It's truly an amazing time. I teared up when I read about a 114-year-old woman, the child of slaves, voting for Obama from her convalescent home.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

I woke up feeling that I needed to drink the koolaid. And I'm pretty much with you on the cynical train.

We shall see.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

To me it's the difference between cowering, twitching and flinching, versus peeking up somewhat hopefully over the edge of an unknown void. To non-cynics this may not seem like a huge difference, but to me, it is.

[saifai.livejournal.com]

I admit I did too.