A DREAM FULFILLED

As the world watches the euphoria of electing a black president to the white house, a first in the history of the United states, I couldn’t help but admire the courage and strength of the american people and its politics of hope over fear and division.Deservedly, this moment represents a defining moment in the lives of so many particularly what it represents to the African Americans who have had to endure discrimination and segregation based on the color of their skin.Selfless Americans fought hard for equal rights and justice.Several unsung heroes watered our ground with their bloods to see this day when whites and black will unanimously stand together and elect a man not based on color or race but by the strength of his character which Martin Luther King (jr) amplified through his lifetime and died for on the altar of freedom from oppresion.

Today, we see a man who rose from the valley to being the worlds’ number one.A man who rose from very humble beginings in life, who had to endure the severance and love of a father and came from the bottom of the ladder to rule the world.He fought the world ahead of him through the many challenges and triumped over race, color, creed and defeat to a steady rise in life through the many ranks of being elected the first African American president of the prestigious Harvard law school to being to a community organiser, a distinguised state and federal legislator

He could have been out on the field working on wall streets, chairing various boards and committees or heaping tons of money practising as a proffesional attorney but the love and service to makind he had within his loins wouldn’t let him.Through the windy and harsh weather, he had his sleeves roled up and onto the streets to help ordinary folks who had lost their jobs, their homes and indeed their future.He stood up for them, heard their cries, gave voice to the voiceless and hope to the hopeless when the world wasn’t watching this immaculate man.He rose above partisan politics knowing that the bond that streaks us together as a people goes far beyond what seperates us as we share a common destiny, a common goal, a common future.

Out on the streets, you could see the perplexity on people’s face.Tops on their mind is the worsening economy.Sitting around their kicthen tables moaning over their job losses, foreclosed houses and an income that’s bearly enough to pay the tuition of their kids after their house rents.In bars, coffee shops, offices, the story is the same.People have long lost their hope in government and their leaders until….At this defining moment in history, we’re reminded of how you taught us to believe that government isnt always the answer, that too often government is the problem to the solutions that we seek but that we needed to reach deep into our indivdual souls for that abiding strong faith that defines the american spirit.You reminded us of your unlikely story which momentarily spurred you into stardom and that each one of us can reach the same mountain tops through the many odds on our way with a fortitude that brings out the best in us.I doff my hat, President Obama.Your a man of grit, wisdom, intellect and even temperament.A unique source of inspiration to the many folks out there you taught to believe, who have lost hope in themselves and have been given to crime because of lack of supervision and a father that has taken flight due to the many challenges and fraustrations of day to day living.You have succesfully resuscitated the american dream in folks knowing that we can win if only we dared one more time irrespective of how many times we get knocked down.President Obama, I dare say that you have re-invigorated the beliefs of the american people throughout your campaign with our hard won trust, your uprightness and an uncanny ability to always speak the truth when faced with make-break situations which could unnerve any mean man.

The party is over now and in the minds of the so many hearts you have won around the world, lies a heavy responsibility which rest upon your shoulders to deliver the dreams of our founding fathers.People are waiting and anxiously too, to see this dream fulfilled.The dreams for which our heroes defied the assasins bullet to die for that we may be free and enjoy the fruits today.The dream is here now.. we saw it a long time coming.It’s here now.God bless America

OLUMIDE FAMILUSI