Upon my latest trip to Goodwill, I came across President Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope.” I purchased it, and have enjoyed reading it so far. I am drawn to the title. The Audacity of Hope. While not neglecting the need to be realistic one can never negate the need for hope and the need to hope.
There was a paragraph in the early chapters that stated something I liked.
“One of the things that make me a Democrat, I suppose, this idea that our communal values, our sense of mutual responsibility and social solidarity should express themselves not just in the church or synagogue, not just on the blocks where we live, in the places we work or within our own families, but also through our government. Like many conservatives, I believe in the power of culture to determine both individual success and social cohesion, and I believe we ignore culture factors at peril. But I also believe that our government can play a role in shaping the culture for the better—or for the worse.”
With this being an election year I will continue to hope, because come on with out hope, what are we left with.
-Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope
Eric, thanks for the post!
I find it interesting that the “hope” message has been something that the right has tried to undermine. I am not giving in.