”We are not bound to win, but we are bound to be true. We are not bound to succeed, but we are bound to let whatever light we have shine.”
These were words that President Obama recently expressed to Democrats in the House of Representatives before they took a vote on new health care legislation.
These words seem important to me — they are telling me to fight for what I believe in, even if I don’t succeed my whatever quest I am undertaking. They are telling me to do my best, to let my soul speak out, to let whatever is good and special in me — ”whatever light” I have to shine, even if I can’t always be fully successful in what I am trying to do. They encourage me to carry out whatever task I undertake with all my fervor, with all my heart which will let my light shine to the world. Somehow, these words inspire me.
What do these words mean to you? Do they make sense to you? Do you interpret them in a different way? I’d like to hear from you and learn from you.
