CLEVELAND - With the new year arriving tomorrow, I feel that it is a great time to reflect a little on the outgoing year of 2008. I made many individual strides in many of my endeavors, experienced great loss and tragedy and many superlative moments. But one person exemplified what 2008 was all about more than anyone else.Barack Obama.
Obama, our president-elect was by far the story of '08. Not only did he make history by becoming the first ever African-American man elected to the U.S. presidency, he also inspired a remarkable sense of hope and confidence in all Americans, not just Black folks.
Barack's campaign was fraught with adversity after adversity but in spite of the divisive nature of opponent John McCain's campaign, he actually brought us all together and showed us that being focused and driven can get any of us as far as we want to go and beyond.
He also proved that we're more alike than we are different.
Here's hoping that 2009 is just as amazing, if not more so for Mr. Obama as well as the rest of us. He takes office on January 20, 2009, and it can't come fast enough.
Happy New Year.
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