It is a hard long journey to get to our destination...

After losing in West Virginia, I could not have said it better than what most of you have emailed me. I took a short temporary break from all the campaign activities to attend to a very personal matter that happened very recently. But going back to our theme for today, I do feel that Sen. Obama was right in stating that we have the monumental task to continue the long march of those who came before us. He said in his speech that it is a march for a more just, more equal, more free and more caring America.

It seems that it is a long hard march to get to our destination of being one nation in truth and in spirit. I am a living example of his speech that America must strive harder to achieve a more equal and a freer nation. As an immigrant who became a U. S. citizen, equality is something that has been elusive; it is is theoretically beautiful to listen to, but is a hard reality. The Senator is our living example that America has to heal and we all have to be beyond the racial divide. We have to learn forgiveness for the narrow-mindedness of some people who still cannot accept that may be we all belong to one race -- the human race.

Keep the faith. It is a long road to freedom. It is not an easy path, not just for the Senator, but for all of us who still believe in our hearts that change is still possible to happen in this land.