We've all been there. We've all had big moments in our lives. We've all come back to Earth shortly thereafter to deal with the reality before us. So let President-elect Barack Obama and his new Cabinet enjoy the days leading up to, and including the inauguration.
No matter what our triumph, no matter what our high, we know those times are brief interludes in lives filled with ups and downs, with the routine and the mundane, with the crucial and the trivial. We don't forget what business awaits us when the moment passes. We know there are things we have to deal with immediately following.
Life is about living in the moment and about being able to enjoy that moment. We need those times when we can tuck everything else away for a few hours or even a couple of days. It's not that don't realize the importance what we'll have to do after the moment, but we don't have live through the good times feeling guilty for enjoying them.
So, unlike one reporter I heard this morning on CNN, who talked about the incoming administration enjoying itself but..., let's forget the but. Let's all understand that we all understand that the but is there. And let's not bring it up in our conversations, in our analysis, in our questioning.
The President-elect, his family, his staff, his Cabinet and their families may only experience this pomp and circumstance one time in their lives. Let's allow them to enjoy it and not be so caught up in what's coming next.
That's how we would all want it, isn't it?
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