Uncertainty does not stop progress.

The costs of poor planning, muddled logic, inaction, and general incompetence have threatened to run America into the ground. Rather than remaining the "land of opportunity," the past administration and idealogues in charge made America the "land of diminishing opportunity." 

Our new outlook should be the promotion of education, opportunity and even dreams. Social, cultural, and economic progress should be on the forefront of all these things. Promoting safe-living should be on the forefront of education as well. If we cannot give our young minds the tools to live well, how can we ensure they have futures?

The new administration is showing that it will not succumb to ideologies, fear, or ignorance of facts. It is showing that it will move forward, calling upon all Americans to be the solution they want to see by calling out for service. 

With a site like "USAservice.org" and the call for Americans to come together to better themselves and their communities, Barack Obama echoes J.F.K.'s famous words, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." 

In a time of uncertainty and worry, J.F.K made the declaration, "First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth," this declaration ushered forth the goal that led America into the future. The commitment was met with fervor, determination, and eventually landed us on the moon.

If we set our goals and apply American ingenuity as we have done in the past, there is nothing stopping us from pursuing, obtaining, and securing a prosperous future.