At work today, in between tasks, I was able to watch the inauguration of our new President, Barack H. Obama.
As the video streamed over the Internet, a medium I've come to know quite well, I was taken by just how many people had gathered on the National Mall, not only to welcome our new leader, but a new chapter in American history. The invocation words rang deeply and made me reflect on where we've been as a country, and where we're heading. They also reminded me of how fortunate we all are to live in a place where we can get up in the morning and do most anything we wish.
The John Williams piece played by Itzhak Perlman, Yoyo Ma, and co. even seemed to take on extra poignancy, as if to underscore a sunset, followed by the brilliance of a new day's sunrise. Yoyo Ma's smile, as they played, said so much.
When Hail to the Chief was played immediately after the Presidential oath, I couldn't help but feel proud and a little misty-eyed at a truly special and progressive moment.
The Air and Space Museum shown in the background during a camera pan. I listened to the Obama's charismatic words and thought of my trips to the museum with my father on several occasions. Other family trips to the Smithsonian and nearby Union Station also came to mind. Yes, just random happy memories.
During a break I was inspired and compelled to write the following:
"The greatness of a man is not measured by the clothes he wears, nor the color of his skin, but the content of his heart."
Surely, similar has been said somewhere, but nonetheless, inspiration dictated those words be included here. And so they are.
To our new President, simply,
Welcome Sir. Good to have you.
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