fields of dreams

yesterday, i found hope again for my country. for the past few years, i have been cynical and skeptical about the future of the united states. i was uneasily content to live a life as an expat and watch from the sidelines as our government continued to alienate other nations, ignore those born into poverty or with disabilities, and destroy the natural environment.
but yesterday, in the middle of a corn field in iowa, that changed.
i heard barack obama speak and he gave me hope.
he didn't give me a lot of hope. politics is and i am sure will always be what it is and there is only so much government can do. but he planted a seed with his speech and knowing who he is as a person, not having a pedigree and being open about the demons in his past, opened my mind to the possibility that yes, america can happen.