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sheshe2

(92,957 posts)
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 04:13 PM Aug 2013

Reflections on the power of "we" [View all]

Remember this?



When I hear constant cries about "Obama should do ________?" it strikes me that too many of us have forgotten the meaning of "we" in the slogan "Yes We Can!"

As I watch and listen to President Obama, what I've heard as his one overriding message is that he wants us to recognize the power of "we." For example, his entire speech at the 2012 Democratic Convention was dedicated to the idea of citizenship. And yesterday in honor of the 1963 March on Washington, he took up that theme again.

The March on Washington teaches us that we are not trapped by the mistakes of history; that we are masters of our fate. But it also teaches us that the promise of this nation will only be kept when we work together. We’ll have to reignite the embers of empathy and fellow feeling, the coalition of conscience that found expression in this place 50 years ago...

America, I know the road will be long, but I know we can get there. Yes, we will stumble, but I know we’ll get back up. That’s how a movement happens. That’s how history bends. That's how when somebody is faint of heart, somebody else brings them along and says, come on, we’re marching...


SNIP

As much as we all want to make this about President Obama, he keeps pointing the finger back at us - at the power of "we."

Read it all here.
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/08/reflections-on-power-of-we.html


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Thanks for this post from smartypants reminding us so eloquently. Cha Aug 2013 #1
I love this part~ sheshe2 Aug 2013 #2
Well said! Kath1 Aug 2013 #3
WE will Kath~ sheshe2 Aug 2013 #4
I'm really hoping so, she! Kath1 Aug 2013 #5
yes! the power hopemountain Aug 2013 #6
!!!!! sheshe2 Aug 2013 #7
So true... bluedeathray Aug 2013 #8
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