President-Elect Barack Obama’s Victory Speech

While there is so much to say about the evening’s events, I thought it best to let our new President’s words inspire us to think about our responsibility to what is possible. Watch the speech, listen to the audio of Barack Obama Victory Speech provided by NPR or read the transcript below.

November 5, 2008 · In these prepared remarks provided by his campaign, President-Elect Barack Obama calls himself the unlikeliest presidential candidate. He thanks many members of his campaign, along with his enormous army of volunteers, and he warns supporters about what he calls the enormity of the tasks at hand that now face the U.S. He concludes by telling an anecdote about a 106-year-old African-American voter from Atlanta. (more…)

The Extraordinary Possibility of Democracy

Democracy is…the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

This quote arrived in my in box today and I thought it most appropriate to share with you.

Today, while you are waiting in line to cast your vote, recognize our new President will be an ordinary person who decided the extraordinary was possible.

After you vote, take some time to think about the extraordinary possibilities available to you and make a plan to step into your vision.