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sheshe2

(87,475 posts)
Sat May 2, 2015, 11:28 PM May 2015

Photo of the Day: Soul

President Obama leaving for Camp David today.



http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2010/11/it-is-soul-that-must-be-preserved.htmlAlice Walker to President Barack Obama:
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Because, finally, it is the soul that must be preserved, if one is to remain a credible leader. All else might be lost; but when the soul dies, the connection to earth, to peoples, to animals, to rivers, to mountain ranges, purple and majestic, also dies. And your smile, with which we watch you do gracious battle with unjust characterizations, distortions and lies, is that expression of healthy self-worth, spirit and soul, that, kept happy and free and relaxed, can find an answering smile in all of us, lighting our way, and brightening the world.

http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2015/05/photo-of-day-soul.html

Hey~

BOG

I love you all.

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Photo of the Day: Soul (Original Post) sheshe2 May 2015 OP
THAT is my President, right there!!! NYC_SKP May 2015 #1
Me too! mimi85 May 2015 #3
Wow, his hair went gray overnight, it seems! Major Hogwash May 2015 #2
I will be long dead by then.... sheshe2 May 2015 #4
True, the children that are alive today will benefit the most from President Obama. Major Hogwash May 2015 #5
Aw, sheshe, you've gone and done it again--brought tears to these old eyes! classof56 May 2015 #6

mimi85

(1,805 posts)
3. Me too!
Sun May 3, 2015, 02:25 AM
May 2015

Awesome pic! Love it when he has those sunglasses on. Oh, I'm sure going to miss him. Can't even think about it.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
2. Wow, his hair went gray overnight, it seems!
Sun May 3, 2015, 02:16 AM
May 2015

I had a thought the other day, if President Obama lives as long as President Carter has, he would turn 90 years old in 2051.
Imagine that, still being around at the middle of the century, some 36 years from now.
He'll outlive almost all of his critics.

I'll bet that is what makes him smile sometimes.

sheshe2

(87,475 posts)
4. I will be long dead by then....
Sun May 3, 2015, 03:35 AM
May 2015

Yet, my eldest great nephew. I taught him about Obama. They voted in first grade. Obama won!

Gotta love the children, Major.

It is for the children. It always will be.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
5. True, the children that are alive today will benefit the most from President Obama.
Sun May 3, 2015, 04:10 AM
May 2015

Obama has surpassed all of my expectations by getting most of his policies enacted already.
With precious damn little help from the Republican party.
He has tried to do more than I ever even thought he would try to do, on so many different levels.

I think that in time, say 5 years after he is out of office, even more people will come to respect his worldviews more.
He's an American, to be sure, but he is also working to help to raise the levels of those living in other countries, too.
I think that is why he is so respected in other countries, he is totally opposite of George W. Bush who seemed so distant and uncaring to them.
Instead of creating chaos and starting wars, Obama is helping to bring stability to those countries and stopping wars.




classof56

(5,376 posts)
6. Aw, sheshe, you've gone and done it again--brought tears to these old eyes!
Sun May 3, 2015, 09:44 AM
May 2015

Thanks as ever for sharing the photo of this amazing human being. Alice Walker's message to him defines the essence of his soul, and as I listen to Kenio Fuke's Relaxing Melodies of Nature, the perfect background for Alice's words, I am simply blown away--my spirit is touched, and my soul engulfed by a sense of peace. Thank whatever gods may be for our President, for all he brings us, and thank you, sheshe, for never failing to share him with us here on the BOG.

Love and peace to you, and lotsa hugs back!



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