Barack Obama is President Elect - The thing about winning...

Food - Have you ever made Butter Croissants from scratch? I tried. I bought another cookbook and it had a recipe for them, so I thought, heck I will make them and take pictures as I go to show you. I took pictures through the whole process, and it is laborious process, even the end result. The end result didn't end to well though - so no pictures, unless you insist. 5-6 hours later, I now know why people buy them. I just really wanted to try making them, and I'm glad I did. Who knows, I may just try making them again...I don't like defeat either! If you have any tips for my next try, or a defeat story of your own, share with me.

Dish - 22 months later and we have a winner - congratulations President Barack Obama! First African American, ever elected President of the United States of America! History has been made. T here is no doubt that you will surround yourself with the right people to serve our Country well. God Bless you and your family in the days and years that lie ahead.

The thing about winning is, someone always has to lose. No one likes to lose! I think we have all felt the agony of defeat (I'm sure De-feet hurt too, 22 months of grueling campaigning) and it doesn't feel to good. We can all relate to that feeling, the feeling that John McCain must have felt, and will continue to feel in the days and weeks ahead, as the last vote was tallied...in the wee hours of the night. Or can we? Can we relate to the magnitude of this lose? Does it matter the size of the lose, or is a lose a lose, none the less?

John McCain's concession speech was humble, noble and and eloquently. He claimed that the fault was all his, not the peoples. Although, I can't help but wonder is John McCain, deep down in a place where he doesn't want to think about, really cursing the very system that didn't elect him President?

If he is anything like the rest of the human race, he will start to question the lose, with these questions:
Why didn't I win?
How come he won and I couldn't?
Did he need it more than me?
Why do they like him more?
Did I have what it takes to be President?
Am I too old?
Was I not good looking enough to win? (I can see where the young people voted for Obama, let's face it, who would a young person want to elect: a young hip 47 year old, who speaks fluently - or - a 72 year old man with gray hair?)
Did I pick the wrong time to run?
Did I pick the wrong running mate?
What did I do wrong?


Now, I know you will vehemently deny ever asking yourself those questions when you have lost something, but I have, it's only human (I didn't say productive), and so will he.

Soon, those thoughts must give way to these thoughts for sure survival.
He must have needed it more.
It just wasn't meant to be.
Something better is in store for me.
When one door closes, another one opens.
Every path leads to some other opportunity.

Notice I didn't mention Sarah Palin? I'm sure she is hugely disappointed too, but she has a bright future ahead of her. She will go back to Wissilla, Alaska., and prepare herself for 2012!

Embellish - Change is coming!