2 posts tagged “hope”
“All of you chose to support a candidate you believe in deeply.
But at the end of the day, we aren’t the reason you came out and waited
in lines that stretched block after block to make your voice heard. You
didn’t do that because of me or Senator Clinton or anyone else. You did
it because you know in your hearts that at this moment — a moment that
will define a generation — we cannot afford to keep doing what we’ve
been doing. We owe our children a better future. We owe our country a
better future. And for all those who dream of that future tonight, I
say — let us begin the work together. Let us unite in common effort to
chart a new course for America".
Senator Barack Obama
Democratic Party Nominee for President of the United States of America 2008
June 03, 2008
St. Paul Minnesota
Her optimism and hope expressed in this excerpt is astonishing. The header on her blog says:
"Talk about daily life of a teenage girl in Iraq, and days of suffering and success. My nick name will be Sunshine.."
Here is the excerpt from February 18, 2008 and the direct link to Sunshines blog:
From Living Strong a blog of a teenage girl in Iraq who calls herself Sunshine:
I still have hope, I don’t know why.. All the ex-operations failed, but
there is a voice inside my heart telling me to be optimistic .
I
think about Iraq a lot, what happened and what’s going to happen. When
I think about our future I wonder weather it’ll worth every thing we
faced , Hopefully.
I open the curtain above my bed, look at the sky, and think…
If
the troops will defeat the terrorists and we’ll have security, my
relatives who live abroad will come to Iraq, and I’ll be able to see my
aunt again, we’ll do whatever we want and wear what we like, without
being afraid from terrorists .. I’ll feel more free to write about what
I feel, and you’ll be able to see Sunshine, I won’t have to make voice
interviews only ..
Oh god how much I miss planning to picnics and
preparing for parties, I feel I am so close to live in safety, and see
my relatives , neighbors , & friends who had to leave Iraq again.
Every
bad thing we got through will be a memory only, we’ve been living in a
war zone for four long years, full of sadness & fear. It was a bad
experience and no one would love to go through that, but It’s out of my
power, I can’t end the war, but we say “if you have lemon, make
lemonade” there’s no bright side in the war, but in this four years I
became stronger, and independent person, I believe in myself and I know
nothing can stop me from moving forward, not even the war, nor
terrorists when I have determination and faith ..
I realized how much I love Iraq, I didn’t know how much Iraq means to me, until I saw It destroyed.
