You just couldn’t help but feel it–today was a brighter day. No matter which party line you decide to stand behind (or forgo entirely), you just could not help but feel that the air we all breathed today was a little bit fresher, sweeter, and more welcomed.
Let’s just be honest here for a moment–have you ever seen such verve and patriotism from our fellow Americans as we have the past few days? I’m young, but I’m not too young to understand that what has been happening around each and every one of us is truly remarkable. People lifting up their heads, hands, and voices with hope and pride that a new day finally has arrived, and we are standing smack dab in the middle of it.
A new day. That’s really all it boils down to: finding ourselves in a new day. Having a new opportunity to make things right. Having a new chance to be proud of who we are and to actually sustain that pride. Something different, something real, something meaningful. The uniting power of it all.
You can just feel it in the air!
And it’s not blind optimism, either. Our problems are just as gnarly as they were on Monday–that is an undeniable reality, and yes, I really did just say gnarly. But today–today is a new day–and we can approach our problems in this new day with this new chance and this new light. And my goddess, is this new light bright.
Yes, today was a brighter day–and tomorrow can only be brighter.
