I choose hope

Reflections on Obama........

It was quite an overwhelming feeling this morning to wake up and watch in the news that Obama [Obash-we kenyans can kill a name so well] had been elected as the first black American president. I was supposed to be studying for my exams in the wee hours of the morning but I had to once in a while find my way to cnn.com, msnbc,nation.co.ke just to make sure that he was doing ok....and interestingly I was studying about millenium development goals and a whole lot of other poverty related isses. Where will this world be in 2015?Will we have eradicated extreme poverty? Will we have good accountable governance esp in our African states? What about Kenya's Vision 2030?Most of u know that poverty eradication ,good governance and justice is what I hunger for and what I pray is that God will empower me to fight against all this evils and today I have definately gained some more energy to keep on hoping and keep on working towards.Why am I so excited about an Obama victory? Is it because he is black.....yes I will admit that is one reason but that being the only reason would be very naive and stupid of me....I am excited because I now see that power really belongs to the people.When people believe in something...and do something about it change will surely happen...I am excited that people who voted for him voted because they saw him as a capable being...whether he is blue pink purple or yellow washopefuly not the point.I am excited because any young person watching has seen that hard work pays ....McCain and Obama worked hard to get where they are so I hope that we have our working gloves on....ready for the task ahead.I am excited because there is hope.....and I love hope....I am excited because today a country that 40 years ago was still struggling with racial issues are in the process of hopefully overcoming them and in doing so they see that all human beings are equal and they go out in their masses to vote for change....This event is historic but I hope it changes our today...I hope it doesnt remain an event but becomes a day to day thing.I hope we wake up everyday and believe in ourselves, I hope we wake up everyday thinking...what can i do today that will impact someone else's life?...I hope we stop being selfish and think about someone else for a change....I hope that today we stop looking at each others tribe ,colour religion ,sexual orientation etc and work together for a better tommorrow today. I hope and pray that we start belieiving in ourselves....So as I think about all this things am greatful of the changes that have happened,inspired because greater things are yet to come and hopeful because my hope is in He who created this world and He who has the whole world in His hands...
I choose hope,because whats burning in me is so strong nothing can extinguish it,i choose hope because it is so hard to come by,i choose hope coz my hope is in who has given me this burden,i choose hope because not to do so will leave me hopeless. I have hope in me and I have hope in you that together we will live our today giving our best not for selfish gains but for the betterment of humankind as we work together in solidarity with Christ for the redemption of his kingdom
I choose hope....Carol