The transformation begins it is January 17, 2009 at 10:19 at the 30rd street train station in Philadelphia. Obama has just arrived to start the Obama Express to Washington, D.C. The “Yes We Can” era begins. He begins by talking about the founding fathers courage and risk to defend liberty and freedom for all in 1776. They did not wait for someone else to create a new nation. He starts to challenge us to stop waiting for someone else to make this a better nation. His emphasis is on service and responsibility in these difficult times. These are not normal times and if we want the democratic experiment to grow and prosper we must commit to the renewal of the American promise of equality and to endure America must always be the land ” of the people, by the people, for the people so we will not perish from the earth.”
As he speaks, you get a sense of what the inaugural message will be, a call for perfecting our nation through responsibility and a partnership of common sense in bringing people together to renew the American dream for all. He will send a message of confidence that will be built on positive relationships and sense of who we are. Remember what John W. Gardner, in his book No Easy Victories said “learning and accomplishments only occurs when people have some measure of confidence and hope.” I would add that to bring the “dream” back the Americans must put into action all the things we value and sought in this democracy –trust, listening, respect, fairness, freedom, equality, justice, peace, education, health, love…
