Believe Again

Last night was the start of something new in my life. What was it?

Hope.

Until last night it was just another word thrown around in a political campaign, and honestly I'd become a little skeptical of that emotion. Today it has become embodied in my spirit. I feel like for the first time in my adult life I am able to really hope for a better tomorrow. That is something that I have not had in my 20's, which is supposed to be the most exciting time of your life. It hasn't been for me. I have had some amazing things happen to me along the way (most importantly a loving, supportive wife) and if it hadn't been for their intercessions, who knows where I'd be today.

My life had become a semblance of what the Architect in Matrix: Reloaded stated:

"Hope, the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness."

Hope, as it seemed in my life was more of a weakness than a strength.

Now it is different. It feels different. This isn't about political parties, it's about believing in yourself and your country again. Honestly for the last 8 years, I have been ashamed of my country and didn't support it like I should have. But I am beginning to believe in the possibility of a new day for America.

I haven't felt like this in a long time and I pray that this good energy would spill out into all the other avenues of my life as well. I don't acknowledge what happened last night exclusively in a secular light, I know there are spiritual implications as well. And for that I am excited about what tomorrow holds.