Obama

This is something I really love about my president.  He genuinely tries to do what's best for the majority, despite it not being the easiest or most popular option, and despite fierce and most often times ridiculous adversity, manages to capture and value what is simplest and innate in our lives and understand how those fragile moments are what bond us each other and to our precious environment. 

I connect strongly with him in these ways and am thankful and honored that he actually represents our country.

Q: "When I lived in Hawaii, I'd take a drive from Waikiki to where my grandmother lived—up along the coast heading east, and it takes you past Hanauma Bay. When my mother was pregnant with me she'd take a walk along the beach… . You park your car. If the waves are good you sit and watch and ponder it for a while. You grab your car keys in the towel. And you jump in the ocean. And you have to wait until there is a break in the waves… . And you put on a fin—and you only have one fin—and if you catch the right wave you cut left because left is west… . Then you cut down into the tube there. You might see the crest rolling and you might see the sun glittering. You might see a sea turtle in profile, sideways, like a hieroglyph in the water… . And you spend an hour out there. And if you've had a good day you've caught six or seven good waves and six or seven not so good waves. And you go back to your car. With a soda or a can of juice. And you sit. And you can watch the sun go down …" 

Barack Obama

Hawaii