Friday, August 15, 2008
For the also-rans at the Beijing Olympics
There can only be one gold winner at every sport in the 29th Olympiad. We say a nice prayer for those who didn't win.
Perhaps they have been training for years, and in the process have sacrificed much. In the end, they went home empty.
Their hearts are sore and their feelings hurt but this is just a game, nothing more.
It is in participating that's important. We remember all the people who didn't get to stand on the podium, even if it's a bronze.
Perhaps another Olympics, another time. Not everybody gets to be a champion. But the lessons learnt in every which way is ever so significant.
Perhaps they have been training for years, and in the process have sacrificed much. In the end, they went home empty.
Their hearts are sore and their feelings hurt but this is just a game, nothing more.
It is in participating that's important. We remember all the people who didn't get to stand on the podium, even if it's a bronze.
Perhaps another Olympics, another time. Not everybody gets to be a champion. But the lessons learnt in every which way is ever so significant.
# posted by fillip @ 1:53 AM 
