Yes, we can!
In President Barack Obama’s speech, he said the word “I” only once. He was inclusive without being condescending. He challenged us to rise to our best because we have it in us, not because we have failed.
He hailed our uniquely American youthful energy. But he nudged us beyond our occasional self-involved adolescence.
It is time to grow to full adulthood, to take responsibility, to retrieve the past values upon which this country was built, while looking and marching firmly toward the future.
He reminded us that we are all in this together, no matter our background, our “station,” our race, our culture or religion.
Our challenges are complicated, confounded — some unprecedented.
But can we overcome?
With the hard work to which we are accustomed, and a willingness to sacrifice, to which we are not:
Yes, we can!
Dottie Lamm is former first lady of Colorado.
