history in front of the eye

tomorrow Barrack Obama will take oath as the 44th President of the US of A. every eight years, on this day, the 20th of January, a new President takes office... nothing new, so why am i writing about it?
a puny soul, with high human aspirations, i felt euphoric while watching him live on TV for his pre-innaugural speech... he has one thing for sure -- an electrifying capacity to inspire, with a capital I. in this day and time of anti-heros, Obama stands out and the colour of his skin becomes totally incidental... he clearly brings to mind the Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech that King gave on August 28, 1963
what King dreamt, Obama has realised.
at this point, i just want to cherish this feeling, the feeling born out of what King had described as "character"... and America has testified to that choice by voting for Obama...
why am i rejoicing? why am i sounding on top of the moon?
because of the victory of MAN, does not matter that it is not my country, not my continent...
it is still the human being above all else...
and what is the Obama couple doing today? Michelle Obama is spending the day packing bags for the troops in Iraq and her husband celebrated MLK day in various services...
so in spite of the slight pall of gloom of the recession, of the tough job at hand and that the world will scrutinise Obama for every moment, i want him to prove that as the President of USA, he is also a super duper human being...
all the best President Obama!