I had called Grant Taylor on the 4th of July and asked if we could shoot some firework sequences that evening, to use as the final visual in our music video. I wanted the feeling of "Celebrate! Barack Obama, our next president!" How glorious tonight, at the end of Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in the Mile High Stadium, to have fireworks soaring all around the historic gathering. Our Next President! My conviction is higher than ever that Barack Obama is the right leader for our time.
The road is not going to be easy. All the more reason for each one of us to take a stand and do whatever we can – in our own ways – to help usher in the change that this time is asking of us. The question never was about "is Barack ready?" The real question has everything to do with "are we ready? We are the change we've been waiting for!" I have tremendous faith in the potential of our God-given humanity, and faith that we are being offered a leader who can bring forward our potential. Let's give Barack, and ourselves, what we all deserve: the opportunity to move forward into all that we can be with strength, clarity, integrity, brilliance and – most of all – heart.
