Our patchwork Heritage

http://mousemedicine.blogspot.com/2009/01/at-last.html On this site is a video of the recent inauguration from one attending.The following quote is from President Obama's inauguration speech. Worthy and good and pure comments in the hope for an era of peace,

...our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness...We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth. And because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
President Barack Obama (b. 4 august 1961)
excerpt from inaugural address 20 january 2009

I pray that these words be made alive . Yet here was my comment on this blog where the post was made:
Edward Yablonsky said...
The speech of the President was awe inspiring and I pray the old hatreds will someday pass. I am not however boundlessly optimistic that they will. I can but say that I am the son of a holocaust survivor (my mother) and she told me all the horrors she witnessed as a girl of 5 years old, then came to Ellis Island originally from Brisk in Poland. I would like to believe in an era of light forthcoming but the past repeats because of our inaction born of insensitivity to the hurting of others.

January 25, 2009 11:52 PM