We’re so inspired by President Obama’s moving Thanksgiving message
Leave it to President Obama to say the exact right thing this Thanksgiving.
“As a country, we’ve just emerged from a noisy, passionate and sometimes divisive campaign season,” President Obama acknowledged in his weekly address on the White House’s YouTube channel. “After all, elections are often where we emphasize what sets us apart. We face off in a contest of ‘us’ versus ‘them.’ We focus on the candidate we support instead of some of the ideals we share.”
Then the President tied the national holiday into the current political climate.
"Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we’re still one people — part of something bigger than ourselves."
President Obama took a moment to remind us what it is that makes us American.
"Never doubt, that is what makes us American -- not where we come from, what we look like, or what faith we practice, but the ideals to which we pledge our allegiance. It's about our capacity to live up to the creed as old as our founding: 'E Pluribus Unum" - that out of many, we are one.'"
In the President’s final Thanksgiving address, he asks the American people to come together to support each other and do our part to make the world a better place.
“We honor all people from the first Americans to our newest arrivals who continue to shape our nation’s story, enrich our heritage, and give meaning to our founding values…as long as we stand up for each other, speak up for what is right and stay true to these ideals, then no one can ever take away our liberty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIZDdnyMYr0?feature=oembed
Thank you for the wise words, President Obama. And thank you for giving us an inspiring message when we need it the most.