Today is the eve of what will be for many of us one of the greatest moments of our lives. We have made a positive change in our lives which holds the great promise for the betterment of all. Our motivations for this change are as varried as we are - yet our ultimate goal has been the same - to make the world a better place for all of humanity us to live in.
We have done what we did for reasions both selfish and selfless, and given our support in both time, money, sweat, and even blood - but it will have been worth it all if just one child lives because he now recieves health care instead of none - or one less grandmother freezes to death in the winter because she can afford to heat her house, recieve needed medication and eat at the same time.
Small victories indeed, but small victories like these are what life is all about, fulfilling these hopes and dreams are the winning of the small battles in the war on ignorance and poverty and intollerance. They are what is importaint, not the man or the movement - but the results of electing the man with the movement.
We will prevail, our victory over ignorance and fear is all but assured, but this victory we brought about isn't for his glory but ours - this will be a victory for humanity as a whole, and not a vain glory for a few or the one.
Today is Monday, today we rejoin the battle with renewed vigor and determination, we will do everything we can to combat the forces of ignorance and hypocracy - and tomorrow we will vote and then we will judge the results of our efforts.
As for Wednesday? Wednesday we will no doubt be tired and "hung over", but the hardest part of the "war" we have been waging will upon us. We must "win the peace" with our former adversaries, we must console them and re-educate them so when January 20th 2009 arives, they too will be cheering for Obama/Biden as loudly as we do.
We have a much larger a harder struggle ahead of us in the weeks and months to come - but for now you may be proud of what we have done - take a breif moment to savor what your efforts have brought to fruit.
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