Learning to glide~

[sheshe2]

Well said Michelle

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I suspect that President Obama has learned to glide. And that's what allows him to - as Michelle describes - play the long game.

Here's the thing about my husband: even in the toughest moments, when it seems like all is lost, Barack Obama never loses sight of the end goal. He never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise, even if it comes from some of his best supporters. He just keeps moving forward.

And in those moments when we're all sweating it, when we're worried that the bill won't pass or the negotiation will fall through, Barack always reminds me that we're playing a long game here. He reminds me that change is slow — it doesn't happen overnight.

If we keep showing up, if we keep fighting the good fight and doing what we know is right, then eventually we will get there.

We always have

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BOG ~ Our President stays the course and remains focused, change has never happened over night.

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. Some people around here need to hear and absorb that....

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"change is slow - it doesn't happen overnight"

[sheshe2]

5. So true VR!

People need to absorb that fact.

[elleng]

2. Yes, its a great thing about him.

Couldn't the Democrats find a different 'minority leader?' WTF is Reid doing now?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

3. And some believe slow change is the most lasting.

I believe: The GOP, as a party, understands this and can afford to be patient. By virtue of having unlimited means, most politicians today are downright blasé. Republicans have been able to make strides against unions one decade at a time. The fact is we need more unions, but they died such a slow death, it seems they just vanished.

Still, Obama's long game reminds me of a saying my grandma framed for me when I was younger - "God give me patience, and I want it right now."

And I'm so glad he is president.

[sheshe2]

4. I am glad he is or President too~

I prefer a studied solution to a fast and rash one~

Thanks SleeplessinSoCal

[Cha]

6. Wise words from a wise man, she.. thank you for the reminder from Michelle via Nancy..

"And in those moments when we're all sweating it, when we're worried that the bill won't pass or the negotiation will fall through, Barack always reminds me that we're playing a long game here. He reminds me that change is slow — it doesn't happen overnight".

And, the beautiful poem Nancy LeTourneau posted by Rainer Maria Rilke~

The Swan

The labouring through what is still undone,

as though, legs bound, we hobbled along the way,

is like the awkward walking of the swan.

And dying - to let go, no longer feel

the solid ground we stand on every day

is like his anxious letting himself fall

into the water, which receives him gently

and which, as though with reverence and joy,

draws back past him in streams on either side;

while, infinitely silent and aware,

in his full majesty and ever more

indifferent, he condescends to glide.

Beautiful, Mahalo, she~

[sheshe2]

7. I love you Cha!

Thank you~

[Cha]

8. Love you back, she!

Mahalo, sweetie