Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Obama: Stuffed With Hope
Looking at his Mother's drawings, the boy asked her how she knows Grandma can make that. "She's been making stained glass for years," Mom replied. "Yeah but, these are crazy," the son said. "You're drawing like, four or five birds on each panel, and each bird has a hundred glass pieces for the feathers. How do you know she can make this?"
"I have faith," she told him. "But she's never done anything like this before," he said. "True, Grandma has no experience with something this complex," she replied. "But I know her, I know what she's accomplished before, so I believe she can do it."
"That doesn't sound like faith," the son said. "That sounds like, um. Like knowing." "Well yes, it kind of is," she said. "But you can't really know what's going to happen in the future. So you have to believe in it. It's like.. feeling with your brain. You know what someone is capable of, judge their character and skills, and then you just. Hope they can do it. But it's not blind faith. You base it on everything you know about the person."
"Hmm, ok I think I get it," the son said. "So do you think that Obama can win and be a good President?"
"Oh, honey," Mom replied. It's 1982. "That won't happen for a long time yet."
