A New Era

I never placed much hope that change was ever going to happen when the world’s most powerful and influential country still refers to itself as the greatest country on the planet despite having its democracy ranked at 17th in the world and its population’s happiness ranked at 150th in the world. But now the American elections are finally over and the world is different this week. The USA has elected a truly great leader in Barack Obama. We live in a time where big ideas and promises are not enough. With the amount of reform that is going to be required to change the world’s perception of American foreign policies and the American financial sector, only a great leader will be able to return the USA back to an era where they are once again a trusted protector of human rights and a world leader that influences by example as opposed to the imposition of their will.

Barack Obama is a great leader. A leader is what is needed now because for change to happen we all must buy into it and do our part. We can’t expect to sit back and have someone else responsible for it to happen. Barack Obama has strong leadership qualities that make him the man for the job and he has the potential of inspiring the entire world to take a stand on critical issues like poverty and the environment.

I am very excited about the possibilities that are in front of us all. I live in a country headed by a very smart man in Stephen Harper but he does not have the leadership qualities to rally the Canadian people behind anything of consequence. I am definitely looking toward Barack Obama for leadership and inspiration for lasting change.

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)