I’ve just finished listening to President Obama, or as I like to call him Bam Bam, deliver his State of the Union address. I am always inspired by his eloquent use of the English language, simple approach to complex problems and his common sense view of our world and its citizens.
There will always be differences between people. Our tastes and likes are as varied as the number of stars in the sky. Politicians will argue for the interests of their party, their constituents and themselves, as they have since before the States were United.
The problems you read about in the paper make it sound as if all hope is lost. From the enormous debt, high jobless rate, struggling economy, increased suicides and senseless murders, one could easily conclude that the United States has lost its hold on what once was.
What is clear to me is that like life, politics is messy. Nothing is perfect and nothing ever works out the way you expect it. However, Bam Bam’s vision and poetic delivery remind me what’s great about the United States. Although there is an impossible idealism upon which this country was founded, we all strive for success, however we may define it.
The United States provides opportunity unlike any other country in the world. No it’s not easy nor guaranteed that you will make it. But, you have the opportunity to work hard and aspire to that which you dream. Bam Bam wasn’t born the President. Babe Ruth wasn’t born a baseball player and Samuel Langhorne Clemens wasn’t born Mark Twain.
Although there is no guarantee that all opportunities will produce the success you desire. There is a common element among those who capitalize on opportunity. it’s hard work.
This is the land of opportunity, of which I am an example. Some call it luck, I agree. Luck is the moment in time when hard work meets opportunity. I am not sure who said it, but I’m confident it was hard work that figured it out.
Work hard citizens of the world. Yes there are other options, but they offer no reward. Best of luck Mr. President.
