Ah, you are coming into a better world. I am sitting here on this quiet night with your mom (and you) with my insides screaming:
YES. WE CAN.
I have had a particularly exciting, inspirational day. I took in an amazing speech today by Dr. Larry Brilliant. It was followed by a speech by Malcolm Gladwell - an amazing man with an amazing point about how we need to take meaningful action in our lives and make sure not to give up. 'It's remarkable how many patterns you can find in the lives of successful people, when you look closely' he writes.
Which brings us to our new president: Barack Obama. You are coming into a new world and it was re-made today. This successful man has just stomped McCain to take the Whitehouse, but more importantly he has stomped out the politics of fear and, frankly, stomped out the politics taken from some of the worst moments in human history. A new age is being born just before you are about to. It is a great time for you to be coming into the world because even though, as Larry Brilliant spoke about, there is a lot to be saddened about in our world, there is even more to be optimistic about. I can't wait to tell you the story.
