Obama and our need for symbols

Whatever the future political achievements will be, he has in his capacity as a World symbol already done great

He has given hope faith and confidence to a tired and disillusioned world
He has become the symbol of faith in the ”art of the possible”. He did the ”impossible” by becoming the black U.S. president
It gives not only hope for colored people all over the world. This leads us to believe in his words; ” Yes we can ... ” It concerns us all and in all contexts

The world needs; Hope, Faith and Trust. Obama symbolise all this. Therefore, we were many around the world who wept for joy and relief when he received his appointment.

If Martin Luther King became a symbol of the black struggle Obama became the symbol of the global battle that we face; On the environment, economy, justice, peace etc.

What he will be capable of no one knows, but already, in its capacity as the international symbol, he has already done more good than many presidents before him.

The world needed ”a Obama” as mankind needs its symbols,

A symbol pointing beyond its own meaning and value, something more abstract and greater in every way
It was precisely that and the direction indicated which got a whole world to love him

It’s not only the person Obama but above all what he symbolizes that we so readily take to our hearts.