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I’ve gotta be careful about waxing ecstatic in the wake of such wonderful words from Barack Obama as we heard in last night’s State of the Union address. Especially at this hour. I don’t want to worry my friends and family. There have been moments in my recent past where I’ve been so moved by his words that I’ve broken into fits of social media explosion. And I’ve had the opposite occur. I, much like a fluctuating economy, am subject to fits of depression. And I’ve got my pathological rantings from that period archived in Facebook form.
But this is pu.bli.sh, where I’ve been denied advertising revenue from Technorati because my readership is so low. I realize I’ve been shouting into an abyss with some of these posts. But I just gotta shout out sometimes.
I believe Barack Obama has been to the mountaintop. I believe he has seen the promised land. In the way of King he has done those things. He is humble yet fearless in the face of the darkness in the world. We need to abandon cynicism and join him in a struggle against the destruction of our planet and it’s people.
The State of the Union is such a loaded term on it’s own. That the United States remains united in the face of so much division is indicative of a profound human need to unify as a means of advancing into the future. We are all aware of the conditions around the world for all living things. We all know in our hearts that bold action must be taken to respond to these problems. And none of us really enjoy fighting at all—certainly not in a sense that it fills our hearts with joy. But there are examples everywhere of peoples and communities staying together because they’re aware, whether consciously or not, that we are more successful en masse.
Looking at human history tells us that it’s possible for us to do very great things if we put our minds to it. I hope we do it humbly, and with deference to all people and to the planet.
I hope we can begin to love one another.