Hope

The esperanza is in full bloom today. The yellow bells are a sharp contrast to the green foliage along the back fence. All the color in the back looks like Cinco de Mayo! But it's the esperanza that catches the eye and lifts the spirits. Hope in English...these flowers blooming in the hot June sun at a time when we need some hope from any direction.
But there they are and there's Obama, another ray of hope. No money from lobbies and PAC's for the DNC. There's the Supreme Court ruling that habeas corpus is not GW's to deny, even to aliens at Gitmo. There's hope in that for certain. Hope that the conservatives will not be able to use fear to errode the Bill of Rights any further. Hope that Americans will not follow like sheep when they are told that they must trade liberties for security.
The esperanza is in full bloom today, and it makes me hopeful that we are turning a corner in America this summer. The economy may be bad, but the times may be about to get better when we are able to stop the divide between Americans and bring back something to believe in besides materialism and greed. It may be naive, but I remember what America felt like when JFK was the too young, too Catholic, too elite prospect for restoring hope in America. That was a good time...this almost feels like it could happen again.