Yesterday Hope Was Born

I woke up this morning with a light heart. Then I remembered. We inaugurated a new president yesterday.
I am not saying that the outgoing president was not good; I am not saying that I agree with all of the promises of the incoming president.
But there is a change taking place, and there is a feeling of HOPE.
Hope: the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best
As our economy started to go down at a rate of a toboggan heading down an icy Minnesota hill, we allowed our hopes and dreams to slide down with the shrinking numbers on pieces of paper.
It seems you cannot be in a conversation more than ten minutes without anyone talking about foreclosure, job layoffs and rising food costs. Fear has enveloped this country like a coat that people are not willing to take off and hang up on the rack.
Yesterday as we watched the gavel of leadership being passed from one powerful leader to another, words were being spoken among the masses that had been tucked in the archives of dictionaries from by-gone days: proud, grateful, trust, choices, greatness, prosperous, powerful, journey.
Words of a future, words of hope.
You may feel that an era has ended - which it has - and the winds of change that are blowing across this mighty country of ours will be the whirling dervish that envelopes the world in anticipation of better things to come.
Start to pay attention to the sounds and sights of hope: laughter, hugs, playfulness, excitement, promises, enthusiasm and faith.
Faith for things we cannot yet see, but trusting that they will be there; faith that when we take our next step without seeing the staircase, the step will materialize. Faith in taking chances with your dreams, trusting that when you take that giant leap of faith, the net will appear.
Today I woke up with the dream of a day, a year, a life filled with light. And then I realized that the bright light was coming from within.
Let your light shine...dare to hope...it's yours for the taking.