Handover

I'm proud - aren't you? - to be from a country where the transition from one very different President to another, from one party to another, is done matter-of-factly without the need for armed force, assassinations, bloodshed or any of the inhuman things people do to each other for power and the right to rule. Many people are willing to die for such a luxury as we have here, and what we often take for granted, in a country that, in its formal turnover, behaves lawfully and civilly. Despite our many faults, I'm proud that two Presidents can put aside their very great differences and can serve, whether they realize it or not, as an example to the world. Savor the moment, in this time of existing and impending crises. It's enough to bring tears to one's eyes.