http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/17202009-01-16T14:29:36+01:00Obama as MY president<p>Miami</p>
<p>By Alexandra Pixly </p>
<p>(18 years old)</p>
<p>Yesterday I started on writing a blog, but today is not comparable with yesterday. However cheesy it may sound, you can feel Change in the air. Because I am not capable of writing a well constructed and well planned story, I will just give what I wrote down this morning while I was reading the last New York Times available at the wonderful News cafe on Miami Beach (see Maartje's blogs).</p>
<p>Day after the elections. 5 Nov. Slept in my Obama T-shirt. Woke up and only after a while I realized that something was fundamentally different. I felt more peaceful, It (in general) felt more peaceful. I honestly (again not cliche-like or cheesily) have hope and faith in America for the first time in my life. I am actually proud to have Obama as MY president. Being here, in the US, during the Elections has brought me closer to my roots. Today for the first time I feel like I am (becoming) an American, part of this active, lively and transforming country. Also being in Miami, the most multinational and multilingual city I have been in, has fired up a passion in me to learn Spanish and explore my Cuban background and culture (Miami has a very large Hispanic community, especially Cubans).<br/>
The extreme joy and relief on the streets last night (and still a bit) was overwhelming and beautiful. People seemed uplifted. I have deep respect for this man who has given this to the people. Obama. I simply believe in his authenticity, however cynical my mind is trying to be. He gives me that strong feeling of universal compassion (almost Buddhistic?) and of, I guess again, hope. Hope from deep down inside near my stomach. It gives me peace. In return I hope sincerely that this extraordinary man can stay close and loyal to himself, his roots and his beliefs.</p>
<p>Perhaps all this sound to emotionally American, but I'm just trying to be honest..</p>-ARTICLEnews