Goodby President Obama...lead us!

A man that sheds tears...singular!

Glad to have lived the time in which a Black President occupied the White House, not by force nor "equal opportunity", but by voters' preference. And a young one; not a pre-retirement age human.
I feel frustrated and ashamed that the Republican Party, its voters, and sympathizers despised the man, even though he was superbly educated: a Constitutionalist! A Teacher, An Editor, A Community Organizer, a writer, a thinker. Can't get closer to earth than that! And though I differed from many of his decisions and the 'compromis-tic' style in making decisions, I admire the decisions he made. And the leadership. And the 'street smarts', and love of healthy living, his 'fellowship' with his daughters and his honoring of his wife. I loved his enthusiasm for life, play, and exercise.
I am starting to sense the sadness of his easing away, and the irritability of the vain and crude successor that will occupy that chair of utmost responsibility - one that is about to be filled with hot-air-ego oozing to ride the topmost power echelon the world has known. A dangerously critical synthesis.
This will be a call for citizens' political awareness- a daily chore; for readiness to contact Elected Officials at a local and National level; enthusiasm in voicing truth & values to power - incl. friends and loved ones who 'diff-agree'. And the fiber to risk walking for those voices who can't or won't join in.
Hopefully, this is a stage in the evolution towards a humane, organic, robust democracy, away from oligarchy, nepotism, monopoly, individualism & racism - whether unconscious, veiled, tribal or scared.
May our days ahead be filled with the light of reason and the non-condemning acceptance of our discomforts, insecurities, and pains, so that there is no masking of the values that vitally uphold us.