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Yes we can!

Barack Obama already made history winning an election against all odds.
I can only wonder where he’ll end up with the power of a nation behind.

Every since the very first day I heard Barack Obama speak that I believed in him. It’s just one of those things,  he has that special something that I can’t explain. He’s a gifted charismatic speaker, with the right words at the right time. I’m so far away and even I believe in him and every single speach seems to bring a tear to my eyes.

And the funny thing is that as I heard CNN yesterday the commentators were all saying “it will look very strange to our european friends how we could change so dramatically from republicans to democrats” and as they said that I could only think “how the hell did you allow Bush to do another 4 years?”

I stayed awake until 6am because I wanted to hear both speeches live.
John McCain is a very honorable man and he gave a beautiful defeat speech. Even in defeat he was calling all to forget about the losing and to help rebuild the nation. It takes a lot to do that in a time like that and for that he has my unconditional respect.

The victory speech of Obama said it all. Instead of “thank you all” it seemed that he was already working on rebuilding the nation. I almost forgot he’s only taking office on January the 20th.

So this European is very happy and I believe that the vast majority of the world population is and should be very happy. I think that if there was something like a World leader this would be the guy I would vote for.

And as I think about it I can’t help to think that this will be a good thing. He can be the world healer and represent a real change in the way we look at politicians, America and the world itself.

He seems to have all that it takes, a little bit of JF Kennedy with a bit of Martin Luther King.

So mark my words: this guy can very well be “the guy who changed the world”.

Barack Obama… make us proud.

PS: Some amazing pictures of the next president of United States of America can be seen here.

How it feels to have a stroke

I’m a huge fan of TED and if time weren’t a factor on our lives I would probably had seen all of the presentations.

Having said that, I came across this while twitting and I recommend it to everyone. Right now I believe that you won’t ever get a better and more informed description on what happens when you have a stroke.

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

Embrace yourself for a very powerful and emotional talk:

Truly inspirational.

We have the power to choose moment by moment who and how we wanna be in the world.

Who and what do you wanna be in the world?

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