Tears, Hopes, Faith, and Burdens

If you have seen the news the past two days then you have seen tears flowing. When it was announced that Sen. Obama would be the 44th President of the USA people all over the world shed tears. Tears of joy for the historic moment is what many would say. Tears because people now have hope is what I saw. Hope that their son or daughter will return home safe and soon from Iraq. Hope that this president will bring jobs back to our nation. Hope that their children will be able to get a great education. Hope that maybe they will not lose their homes. Hope that he will restore the American Dream. These Americans took their hopes for a brighter day and placed their faith in Barack Obama. They have faith in him, perhaps not that he can do all of these things, but that he will at least try. Surely, Sen. Obama is quite proud to be the one that so many people believed in. But being the one everyone believes in means knowing you carry their burdens. Every hope of ours becomes his burden. 64,337,005 hopes, dreams, & burdens. I do not envy Sen. Obama for the tasks that are before him. I will however, do what I can as an American to lessen that burden by pulling together with others in my community to make this country what we could only dream it would ever become.