A Change is Gonna Come

It’s not very often that one witnesses such a defining moment in history and recognizes in present its impact on the world’s future. But today is one of those days. I feel proud to have been apart of it—not only to have seen the headlines: “Obama Wins,” but to have exercised my right as a citizen even at an ocean’s length away. When the past eight years have felt more like a lifetime, Hope now carries a sense of desperation for a few more breaths of air during these stifling times. Finally, change is here.

“It’s the answer that led those who’ve been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.” –Barack Obama, the next President of the U.S.