Comments - Olympics - TBD2024-03-28T11:31:35Zhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1991841%3ABlogPost%3A813457&xn_auth=noWhat you are talking about he…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-20:1991841:Comment:8248842010-02-20T16:40:55.503ZVernon Windsorhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/VernonWindsor
What you are talking about here requires a generous spirit and an open heart. Many Olympic athletes possess these things. Sadly, the pressure put on many of them by their own countries and people sometimes work against this ideal attitude. The problem is compounded by the media coverage—not the fact that the media covers the events, but HOW the media coverage is structured. With every Olympic games, individual friendships are forged across national and political boundaries. In this way, the…
What you are talking about here requires a generous spirit and an open heart. Many Olympic athletes possess these things. Sadly, the pressure put on many of them by their own countries and people sometimes work against this ideal attitude. The problem is compounded by the media coverage—not the fact that the media covers the events, but HOW the media coverage is structured. With every Olympic games, individual friendships are forged across national and political boundaries. In this way, the true Olympic spirit continues to live, as it does in the hearts and minds of those who embrace its ideals. It is not only the Olympics.…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-15:1991841:Comment:8144182010-02-15T16:38:21.687ZCWO3ROBBIEhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/CWO3ROBBIE
It is not only the Olympics. The absolute winner is the only position with any meaning, seems pervasive in our world. With the commentators always discussing how disapointing it is to be in second place, I'm surprised that they still have three positions on the podium. This now seems to be true in all our endeavours. From business to sports to church size to loosing the most weight. And often when someone points out that there might be more to life than winning first place they are derided as…
It is not only the Olympics. The absolute winner is the only position with any meaning, seems pervasive in our world. With the commentators always discussing how disapointing it is to be in second place, I'm surprised that they still have three positions on the podium. This now seems to be true in all our endeavours. From business to sports to church size to loosing the most weight. And often when someone points out that there might be more to life than winning first place they are derided as too wimpy, or celebrating under achievement.