Obama's Speech

"For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies"

                                                       President Barack Obama

I must admit that amongst the excitement of my fellow students, I found myself slightly less excited. It is not that I did not support Barack Obama or had ill sentiments towards his election, for I found myself bubbling his name on my ballot. 

It is simply because, for the most part, politics is a foreign and secretly (and many times not so secretly) corrupt field which holds probably less than one percent of my interest. In a field where pretense and carefully created characters seems to be the success stories, I find myself repulsed by the idea. A field riddled with euphemisms, pretense, hidden agendas and carefully constructed images, struggles to grab my attention or empathy. I simply cannot stand it. 

However, with viewing Barack Obama's inauguration speech, I found myself almost becoming a believer. He himself acknowledged all of the above, and for some reason I found myself believing and becoming moved by his words. 

What moved me was President Obama's reoccurring idea of returning back to the initial ideals and hard work of our forefathers. He placed the future of America into the hands of the Americans. Instead of blaming others for the demise of the country, he placed the responsibility and effort into the hands of the government and the people. Instead of the government dictating, President Obama  created a symbiotic relationship between the government and the people, in which it is imperative that yes, the government must do the work, but the people themselves must do the work as well. Following the initial quotation, President Obama described the morals that everyday people themselves must follow in order for us to recreate and regenerate American.

President Obama spoke of greater effort and greater morals. Two things that I believe most people of our country lack.

In his inauguration speech he seemed to relay a very perceptive mind, who is in tune with the necessity of our country. Effort and morals are two things that are always necessary, and it finally seems like we have a president who is well aware of those thing.

A man, who's story speaks of sacrifice, hard work, commitment in all realms of his life and first and foremost, honesty and morals..finally is on the pulpit, presenting a, yes large and very daunting, task in front of our nation.

The difference, it seemed to me, was his perception. President Obama does not seem to be enticed or disillusioned with politics. He remains grounded, relaxed and aware. A man with a history of morals and hard work. A man who is truly aware of the task at hand.

And for those reasons, his inauguration has finally struck my attention.