Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Happy Inauguration Day President Obama!

We all sat around the TV at work today watching President Obama's Inauguration. What a special moment. I was touched by many words and phrases but a couple of things that really stood out for me in Obama's speech were possibility…

"This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed - why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath."

practice…

"Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use;…"

and the importance of creating…

"Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things - some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom."

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