Dear Mr. President

After a long holiday season that seems to be getting longer every year, most of us are struggling with an all too familiar feeling. We are completely full and still not yet satiated. That’s what happens when you’re hungry. You wait all day for that one great meal that’s going to fulfill you. This is where we have been as people for a while now, only for the fortunate most of us, it’s not about food.

We’ve been starved for inspiration for some time now. We have been in two unpopular wars that we have been told were over. We have been mired in an economic downturn that has left some of us jobless, most of us hopeless, and all of us searching for answers that won’t come easy. Every day we have been reminded that we've ruined our one planet and some would have us believe that our transgressions cannot be reversed. We have become cynical. We have become riddled with the odd complacency that comes with resigning ourselves to our fate. We have become uninspired.

The year began with your inauguration and democrats and republicans alike should all be able to agree that this was a source of pride. And for a little while, we were full. We thought we would be alright. You inherited the most difficult job in the country at one of the worst possible times. Admittedly, our expectations were a little high, but can you blame us? We just watched a black man named Barack Hussein swear in to the highest political office in America. We legitimately thought anything was possible.

Since then? Not a whole lot has happened. I know, these things take time. You have a lot to deal with and the guy before you didn’t help. The best thing you have done so far is win the Nobel Peace Prize and I think you yourself might even have a little trouble explaining why.

Here’s the good news. Our bellies are empty. We are hungry like we haven’t been in a long time. It won’t take that much for us to be full again.

I understand everyone expected you to have a six-shooter full of silver bullets. We all wanted you to saunter into Washington and shoot the lights out. Even deep down in places they don’t ever talk about, the Republicans were rooting for you too. Everyone wants answers so badly; they no longer care about the source. I don’t think that was the bipartisan dream you wished for in your campaign though.

Like I said, we’ll do our part. Our wild expectations have been checked and we realize we need to do this together. We realize that inspiration without execution is useless. But we need someone to start us off. Fair or not, that someone is you. You have to give us something. If you do, I promise you will get more than you ever imagined in return.

It’s not about proving the people who voted for you right. It’s not about proving those who voted against you wrong. You are the captain of the whole ship, not just the members of the crew who like you. You need to see through this storm and steer us straight.

Ready?

Go.