Hope: expectation and desire combined; feeling of trust
Jubilation: exultation, making demonstrations of joy
Labour: exert oneself, work hard; strive for purpose, advance with difficulty
Change: making or becoming different; substitution of one for another; give up, get rid of, make different.
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What a perfect way to capture an event for which there are few words but so many emotions. All mark the road that we have walked to get here, and all four ideas will be essential as we move forward.
Thanks Epiphany Girl. I wanted to mark this amazing day, even though I’m not American. It’s a universal sense of joy. No doubt his honeymoon will be short before the naysayers begin carping, but I remain hopeful. I’ve very rarely trusted a politician before, but I trust Obama. Perhaps that’s naive, I don’t know.
Amen! Buh-bye Mr. Bush. Hello Hope and Jubilation!!!
Four perfect words for these changing times. And also, perhaps now, or soon, a space of mourning can unfold, where we can acknowledge and grieve the loss built into these past 8+ years…
Jules, thank you. Amen indeed!
Lizabeth, welcome to this space and thanks for your comment. You make a good point about space for mourning. I thought that McCain’s concession speech was heartfelt and one of the best he’d made. Perhaps in a small way that will begin to make space.
So far I like the calm, measured, but very determined pace of Obama. I do hope he gets some rest, though.
Barbara, ironically one of the first newspaper features in the UK, I think on the 6th, was a computer representation of how he will age over eight years, based on a rather ravaged “after” shot of Tony Blair compared with his baby-faced “before” picture.
I can’t begin to imagine the pressure of Obama’s role, but I agree, he does appear to have a calm and determined air.
Amen, sistah! Jubilation, indeed! If only the greedy have left some money in the coffers for President-elect Obama to work with. I agree with a comedian here (David Letterman) who last night wondered if Mr. Obama might start early – like Tuesday!!!!! I say yes!!
I think I heard the world breath a sigh of relief!