Barcelona: Proud to be American

So lastnight I was awake untill a little bit past 3 in the morning watching the polls and refreshing web pages to keep up on the breaking news that was literally happening almost every ten minutes. Just before I went to bed they announced that Ohio went for Obama, and it was then when i was able to get to sleep and have the best night of sleep since i got over here to Europe. Once they announced that Ohio went Democratic I knew Obama won, right there.
Now, listening to his acceptance speech, there is this little person in the back of my head saying that I am actually kind of proud to be an American. I know there are still people out there who judge other people by their skin color, or their religous beliefes, or their sexual orientation, or handicap, or anything that creates a difference between us. But I now KNOW that those people, who judged the minorities, are now the minority. And I couldnt be anymore happier about that. To know that the country i live is able to elect a person of a different skin color to be our president. Its a good feeling. Its great that Obama is now our President, but we still have problems to fix and changes to be made. Lets hope that he can do it.

But again, like i said before. If you truely want change, for yourself and for the people around you, dont wait for Obama to do it for you, it is us working together that will make that happen. Working together as a community and as friends and family. There is never anything wrong with taking the initiatve and taking matters into your own hands. Participating and making small changes just for youself makes for a broader difference that you will learn how to appreciate more than anything else, more than any material that you go out and buy. I have learned so much from the people around me and from my family that this is the truth. It is your morals and principles and ideals that make you who you are, not the clothes you wear or the sport you play or the music you listen to, or even the clique of people that you hang out with. If you are true to yourself and everything you stand for, and you truely have the need for change, not just now, but always, then there should be no limitations to who you know or who you hang out with or who you are even nice to, everyone should be nice to everyone, no matter what. Everyone should respect everyone. That is when we can truely work together. No one should ever be afraid of someone else.