Mood:  incredulous

   I'm absolutely amazed to be experiencing this type of movement in my lifetime. Not only have we elected our very first African American President, but our President-Elect Obama has inspired a change amongst his fellow Americans.

   This is a man who demonstrates honesty, heart, and leadership. A man who will bring a sense of security and prosperity to a country in a dark age. He is a man who makes a believe again. Hope is such a powerful and often unreachable emotion. This man  has brought hope back to not only me, but millions of others regardless of age, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation. He understands how to move mountains and does it delicately and with overwhelming humility. For years I haven't been able to define someone I consider a hero.

   Our hero, our angel, Barack Obama!

   Have you ever looked up at the night sky and felt humbled by the enormity in front of you? That you've never seen so many stars in your life? And you maybe felt like if only your everyday life could be laid out with the simplicity and harmony of the universe laid before you?

   Living in Hilo, it's a gift to capture the intoxicating sky gleaming before you in a pitch of darkness. Even at sea level you can see the solar system, planets, satellites, and millions of stars working together in perfect unison as if a conductor stands and directs every precise movement. It feels effortless...calming...natural.

  As I looked up at tonight's sky, I see every characteristic that I want in my life. Too often I feel as thought I am fighting an impossible current. Swimming blindly upstream not knowing which the fork in the river I should follow.

  I recently decided to take a new path. I'm following my heart for once. I can only hope it brings me peace, love, and hope...the same feelings I find looking up into the star-filled heavens.