“A promised land”  by former president Barack Obama he begins speaking of his view in the white house in the oval office where neither himself or his family  would have imagined. He goes onto speaking about his walks in the garden where he a small encounter with one of the gardeners Mr. Ed Thomas he admired the pride he nd the rest of the workers took in their jobs. He the continues to speak about his first memories of politics. Although he did not come from a political family  his grandparents wanted him to be informed ” a well informed citizen ” they said. He then  goes on to talk about his teenage years where he remembers picking on another student where his disappointed grandmother confronted him on , making him question the kind of person he wants to be and the path he will take in life. The overall message i got from the passage is that  before all he is a father, husband, son/grandson, and a friend.