It’s almost two weeks since Obama won the historic election to become America’s President elect. Some of the key words in his campaign Change and Hope have taken center stage in the United States. Hate it or love it, America still powers our world and the man who just got the nod President Elect Barack Obama has opened the door on a new chapter in history. If I can quote Sol Guy who said, Obama not only opened the door but he glided through that door in the most graceful and elegant way. A former Right Wing Republican Frank Schaeffer cited Obama as a man who in the age of greed took the high road of community service and in the process became a good father and husband. Not forgetting the humble servant.

Even the most cynical of us can’t deny that something new and exciting is happening. Change is not abstract it is alive and is constant and how we deal with it will define us. Barack has suggested that we own change and move beyond fear. Instead of focusing on how bad things are or have been, it’s our chance to focus on how good they can get and get it done. It’s our chance as a people to go past the issues and focus on solutions.

Once a plane takes off, the pilot doesn’t go to the main cabin and announce to the passengers ‘we made it’, he continues to fly the plane until it reaches it’s final destination when it lands. If all he did was take off and bask once the plane has taken off, the flight would come to a tragic end. During the flight, he’ll tell the passengers when to buckle up, when it’s safe to walk around to ensure a smooth sailing flight.

With Obama on the pilot’s seat and Joe Bidden as his co-pilot, we can safely take our seats and heed to his instructions. We need to remember that it took a lot of work to get him in office and it will take an almost equal amount of work on us as individuals to see his vision of change fulfilled. The changed world is somehow the same world unless of course we decide to sustain the change.

Obama takes office in the middle of an economic crisis. America is at one of its lowest points in history. Which is a source of optimism because when you are at the bottom, they only way out is up. Just like a fireman needs a crisis to shine, so are great Presidents made by horrible circumstances with a combination of temperament and intelligence. Obama has an amalgamation of great traits and this is America’s moment to shine once again with hope and change, as it’s guiding light.