Just a very personal note.. I am watching the news coverage live of the transition of power. Obama just literally moved some chairs around in the Oval Office and left the room.. coming out to the media and waving goodbye. This is how it works.. This is how power transitions in a nation of peace..
I have had several blogs and websites since the year 1999 .. But this site, Coal Speaker, has existed entirely during the Obama Administration.. The transition from one POTUS to another happens today.
It also forces some of us who think way too much about the march of time that we, also, are aging.. we, also, are marching through time. One transition for the nation.. one personal transition for each of us that realizes how many years someone in the highest office has become the President and then, just suddenly and uniquely in the world, someone knew.
Amazing..
We are a young nation.. there have only been 55th time that the brief oath of office was administered.. There have been some in snow. Rain. Sun. Warmth.. Even on a plane after an assassination.. This nation’s brief history has been through its share of tribulations. They will come and go. But they go. We strive to survive..
So let’s survive..
Raise a glass to history! To the timeless oath that creates a new leader..
When that new leader–regardless of how many Online Muscles he possesses–enters the Oval Office.. something magical happens. He (one day she) realizes that the power of the presidency doesn’t come from him.. no.. not at all. It comes from us.
So let’s lead this nation as one towards the future.
Armies can’t stop ideas whose time has come.
