possibilities

As I sat with my friends on Tuesday night, texting back and forth continuously with my parents, tapping my feet as each electoral vote was counted, I knew what was going to happen, I just wasn’t necessarily prepared for the reality of it. Counting votes, different formulas, scenarios and possibilities that could sway the election either way, but almost every time we came up with something, Obama was on top. Ohio….then California….then Virginia, and he had it. The fact that the rest of the country later turned blue was just an afterthought to knowing that one of the strongest movements that I have ever been a part of in my life was actually successful.. Turning red states to blue, conservatives to liberals, the impossible to possible. The next president of the United State of America is an African American. As we watched the number skyrocket over 280, my good friend looked at me and said “the world just changed a lot”. And he’s right. This wasn’t just a big move for the United States, but it was an occurrence that has and will affect the entire global community. Perceptions of the US changed drastically at that moment, and people all over the world found a new sense of hope. Not just rich white people, or poor African Americans, but for all people, all over the world. The ultimate glass ceiling has been broken, and if this election doesn’t inspire you to try anything and everything that you can, then I don’t now what will.