Hope is a good thing

Our news is so full of the US inauguration festivities, bearing no small resemblance to a coronation, it would be easy to be cynical and disparaging. But I feel hopeful and uplifted. It made me think about all the Americans I know personally, and feel excited and optimistic for their lives and their country. Such an outpouring of pride and joy is infectious even for a bystander, as we Canadians are. Americans have waited a long while for some good news, and I don’t begrudge them this day one bit.