Watching our new president swear his presidential oath in front of acrowd that at bird's eye view looked like a sea of faces had a greatimpression on my spirit. Having had the opportunity to be a witness tothis awesome moment makes me feel so happy for a couple differentreasons. One of the main reasons I'm so excited to have been aliveduring this time is because it is a greatly important, positive, andprogressive happening in a time where we have been subjected to veryupsetting and even frightening things going on all around. There havebeen some great leaders to come out of the Black community from MarcusGarvey to Malcolm X and MLK Jr. And now my generation has theopportunity to promote our own Barack Obama. I am overjoyed knowingthat this nation continues to take steps in the path of progress we areon a very VERY slow but sure course and I'm happy that I am alive tosee new evidence of the progress being made.