I’m Grateful (Updated, February 12)

Hello

When this post was first published back on Thanksgiving, it was a modest tribute to the work of President Obama up to that point. Since then, not only that more was done – This little post went a little viral. Weeks later, I still moderate comments. Some of them extremely moving, some of them from people who are not even Americans – most of them beautiful. (Dozens, even hundreds of those comments are under specific photos, just click on the pictures of the president in the post itself).

Therefore, I’ve decided to stick this post, and will continue to update it. First update right behind the cut. Enjoy.

I’m grateful for the room-lighting smile:

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For the mind that always thinks: 

 

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For preventing a second Great Depression:

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For the humor:

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For bringing the number of women in the Supreme Court to 3.:

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For making the White House the people’s house:

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For 1.3 million jobs created in 2010 alone, more than in the entire 8 years of George Bush:

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For The Penny Ice Creamery in Santa Cruz, California:

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For the love of people:

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And family:

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For the First Lady:

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For Health Care reform:

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For leaving the past behind:

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For the world loving America again:

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For quietly and calmly dealing with crisis after crisis, even if not being responsible to any of them:

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For being so cool:

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And fierce:

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And curious:

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And imperfect….

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And not giving a damn…

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And compassionate:

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And an inspiration:

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For saving the auto industry and at least 1.4 million jobs:

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For loving the troops:

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And understanding the horrible price:

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And bringing 100,000 men and women back from Iraq:

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And for reminding everyone that “we are not a nation that says, ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’. We are a nation that says, ‘Out of many, we are one'”:

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And taking care of the health of those who run into the burning buildings to save others:

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For making the world a safer place:

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And making sure that our kids will eat safer food:

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And signing 35 (!) new bills on the first day back from vacation:

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For facing the most difficult and loneliest job in the world with grace, dignity, honesty and guts:

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And despite all the hate, pettiness, racism, corruption and immaturity around, still being the most progressive and ‘for the people’ president in decades:

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For the empathy, the eloquence, the ability to rise to every occasion, and the heart that is full with so much love and compassion:

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For standing by people all around the world:

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And simply for this:

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