The weight of the world on his shoulder

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How it must feel to have the weight of the world, the hopes and dreams of an entire race of people on your shoulders  while being dragged down with punches and stabs through your back by others but you still can’t give up and throw your hands up to your enemies because you have to stand, you just have to.

How hard it must have been for Martin Luther King? How hard it must have been for Rosa Parks to stand up and risk her life in that bus where anything could have taken place.

When you actually put the actions of these heroes in perspective it makes us seem like cowards. Most of us today wouldn’t dare put our life on the line to fight racism. We would easily turn the other cheek and go on with our everyday lives as if we didn’t care.

Well, today there’s a real Maverick upon us. He’s not simply using the word Maverick for his own pleasure but “walking the walk” and “talking the talk”. He’s a real Maverick,  a real Hero, someone who’s guiding us in the right direction, someone to look up to and someone who’s not afraid to carry the weight of the world on his shoulder.

He’s knocking down barriers, he’s reaching across racial lines, and most importantly he’s making history…OUR HISTORY!! A history we can be proud and a history we can share with our children and our children’s children. It’s a history that we can no longer be denied. It’s a history that will teach our children that they can DREAM the once impossible dream.

President Obama, THANK YOU for caring the weight of the world on YOUR shoulder!