Letter to America

Thank you, America.

Thank you for taking a day off work last November, and sacrificing a days wages to stand in line for hours at a time so you could vote for the change America needed so much. And thank you for showing us that when it matters, really matters, you are colour blind. That in spite of the colour of his skin, you were still prepared to take a chance on a young African-American man whose middle name is Hussein, and whose surname, Obama, is remarkably similar to that of the most wanted terrorist in the world. And still you elect him as your President.

So thank you, America.

Thank you for giving us a reason to believe again. To believe when many thought there was nothing left to believe in. When many said there was nothing worth believing in. Thank you for showing us you are paying attention. That you do care. That you do recognised talent, intelligence, vision, and leadership, and that you can embrace it when you need it most.

Thank you again, America.

Thank you for having the “audacity of hope,” when many thought you were beyond hope. And thank you for allowing us to hope again, too. Because many of us had lost hope. Given up hope. Or thought you had reached a stage in your development where to expect more from you was truly hopeless.

Thank you, America.

Thank you for caring again. For caring about your people, your country, your political system, your place in the world, and for daring to make a change so radically different from all those that have gone before, that you really did take us all by surprise.

So thank you, America.

Thank you, for allowing us to dream again.

No – thank you, for daring us to dream again. For showing us Martin Luther King’s ‘dream’ was not an illusion; nor was it a delusion; but a vision of the future built on love, hope, faith, and a belief that one day, America would once again be the light on the hill that drew to it, the faithful from all over the world.

So make us proud, America. Make us proud. You have given your citizens a reason to hold their heads up again. To hold their heads up, push their shoulders back, and to walk tall again. And you have given your friends a reason to do the same.

Thank you, America.

Thank you.

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