Tonight marks the first night of the Democratic National Convention, a night that I would typically avoid like the plague. But tonight, I just happened to be stuck in the car for a 45-minute drive. I tuned in public radio and the Democratic National Convention actually pulled me in… speech after speech. Finally at home, I watched Michelle Obama’s speech on television. She said everything that I had hoped to hear. And actually it was everything that I needed to hear.

I became a reluctant supporter of Obama only after Hillary threw her support behind him. But tonight, my reluctance melted away. I finally understand the enthusiasm of the Obama supporters. These words from Michelle changed my view:

“They’ll tell them how this time, we listened to our hopes, instead of our fears. How this time, we decided to stop doubting and to start dreaming.”