In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy predicted that in 40 years time, it could be that a "Negro" could become pesident of the United States. And tonight, exactly 40 years later, Barack Obama has become the first black president. I am crying, shaking, feeling shivers surge out of my soul and through my body. I just need to write this down, to record this moment in which America has turned a million dreams into one gigantic reality. Everything is suddenly CHANGED...in one instant, Obama has filled me (and everyone else who has sat glued to the TV for the last 5 hours) with joy, hope, faith, and above all, the belief that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. YES WE CAN they said! And YES WE DID. To quote a friend -- How amazing to be alive in THIS part of history. HISTORY STARTS NOW!!!!! Tomorrow we will wake up in a brand new world, a world in which a black man can be president of the United States! And what a wonderful world that is. My heart is smiling so wide, I think it might burst. I am so proud today to be an American.
And so to bed...with a smile :)
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