I was going through some articles I’d saved because of how
they spoke to me. A piece titled The
President Who Loved by Ann Patchett that appeared in the January 30, 2017
issue of Time magazine affected me
even more powerfully today, although it saddened me as well.
Patchett says that love was not something she would have
thought to look for in a president, but that she found that for eight years
President Obama gave the American people an example of careful consideration,
compassion, rigorous intelligence—and love. She misses it and wonders how she
will do without it.
She reminds us that Obama gave more Presidential Medals of
Freedom than any other president, saving the last one for Joe Biden, his vice
president.
She points out that just like hate, love seeps in over time.
She faces the new administration with fear of the future but also with
gratitude for the way Obama saw the good in people, how he loved. She sees our
job now as living up to the love he showed.
I watch too much news. I think I’ll spend more of my time
reading words that serve to lift up rather than beat down.
Access Patchett’s complete article by googling The President
Who Loved, Ann Patchett. It’s worth it.
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