Election Emotions

I have a hard time putting into words what I feel after the presidential election. I am lighter of heart and there is a bounce in my stride. I grew up during the turmoil of the sixties and the civil-rights movement, and the election of an African American as president of the United States is something that I had long hoped for but could not be sure would happen during my lifetime until last night.

Merchants has a sign outside today which tweaked my fancy:

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

There was also this quote on my list-serve today:


"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt......If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake."

Thomas Jefferson, 1798, after the passage of the Sedition Act