Day One, BOE

Will change be as significant as I believe it will be? Must be? 

Today is Day One of the Barack Obama Era - BOE. He ran on Change, he promised us Change, we desperately need Change. 

I've known Change in my life, and it has never, ever been mentioned in the same sentence as Easy. It is always Difficult. Going through difficult times requires a leader who keeps us focused on vision, the Why for what we must do. Going through difficult times will also require a manager, a person who will assemble a team and administer a plan to acheive the vision. Someone who will keep us focused on the What, the How, and the When. 

Today is an exciting day, an historic day. While everyone will trumpet the fact that Barack Obama is an African American, the first of someone with his background and skin color to ascend to this position of leadership, I'm intrigued by what's inside his head and his heart. He's got a different outlook than any president we've had, and he grasps the moment in history and the magnitude of his task. He knows that more of the same will not work, that the old ways are gone. 

God Bless Us, God Bless Obama. We are walking out into the fog, but doing so with confidence.