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Here is some of my blog ramblings as we wait for our baby to arrive into this world.....
A few days have past since the greatest Olympic games to be held extinguished the flame.....but as I sit back and reflect it seams that the flame will always burn.
There is a good chance our boy could be born today. We are about 10 days over due and I would be lying to say that the anticipation isn`t killing me. But after watching the 17 days of games I learned more than a few things that have helped with this process of bringing a life into this world. Trust. Love. Pride. Hard work. And Commitment.
I must say I watch a lot of TV in the past 3 weeks, maybe more than I have watch in the past 10 years in total but I was entranced in what I saw and witnessed. Here is a short video that I think depicts the games very well. CTV did an amazing job.....especially Brian Wilson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz8tzP3oeDg
A lot of the moments were those that you will look back and say I remember exactly where I was when....... My father tells a story about the Henderson goal and how he quit his job to watch the game. Something he never regretted. I remember watching the `87 game as Lemieux scored the winning goal in my grade 6 class room. Our teacher thought that it was important that we witness this piece of history. He was right. Randy Pausch, in his book The Last Lecture, writes about when he was a summer camp watching Niel Armstrong land on the moon. Unfortunately, the camp teachers thought that it was too late and past the children`s bed time so they put them all to bed 15 minutes before the landing. He was crushed and I venture to say that those teacher had no idea what was really important in life.
Some of the moments that were simply incredible are listed in the video above and I won`t bore you with my rendition but the important thing is what it gave us all. A common sense of pride, hope and achievement.
Throughout the games I was constantly in awe of the commitment of the athletes. Most had given the better part of their lives for sometimes less than 30 seconds of performance. In our quick fix society most have no idea what this really means. Our investments (personal or financial) are supposed to pay off tomorrow. Instant gratification will be the death of us but to watch these athletes say "I want this so bad that I am willing to sacrifice everything for my moment of perfection" was humbling.
Before the games even begun many argued that the money spent could be better utilized to end pain and suffering, feed the hungry, or save the environment. All of these things are true but what I think we all may have discounted was the power of the games to elevate everyone and as a repercussion we now may believe that we can in fact do all of those powerful things. If we can lead the world in sport maybe we can lead the world in other ways too......
As the games went on and we all witnessed the amazing stories unfold an amazing sense of pride filled the nation. We learned what dividends hard work and commitment can have, we saw that courage and love can move a nation and we felt the true passion of what it means to be Canadian.
Let us not quickly forget these lessons and moments. Let us continue to build on the strong foundation that was laid before us. It is time to get in the game!
How will you take what you witnessed and change your life with it? How will you remember these last 17 days?
A few days have past since the greatest Olympic games to be held extinguished the flame.....but as I sit back and reflect it seams that the flame will always burn.
There is a good chance our boy could be born today. We are about 10 days over due and I would be lying to say that the anticipation isn`t killing me. But after watching the 17 days of games I learned more than a few things that have helped with this process of bringing a life into this world. Trust. Love. Pride. Hard work. And Commitment.
I must say I watch a lot of TV in the past 3 weeks, maybe more than I have watch in the past 10 years in total but I was entranced in what I saw and witnessed. Here is a short video that I think depicts the games very well. CTV did an amazing job.....especially Brian Wilson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz8tzP3oeDg
A lot of the moments were those that you will look back and say I remember exactly where I was when....... My father tells a story about the Henderson goal and how he quit his job to watch the game. Something he never regretted. I remember watching the `87 game as Lemieux scored the winning goal in my grade 6 class room. Our teacher thought that it was important that we witness this piece of history. He was right. Randy Pausch, in his book The Last Lecture, writes about when he was a summer camp watching Niel Armstrong land on the moon. Unfortunately, the camp teachers thought that it was too late and past the children`s bed time so they put them all to bed 15 minutes before the landing. He was crushed and I venture to say that those teacher had no idea what was really important in life.
Some of the moments that were simply incredible are listed in the video above and I won`t bore you with my rendition but the important thing is what it gave us all. A common sense of pride, hope and achievement.
Throughout the games I was constantly in awe of the commitment of the athletes. Most had given the better part of their lives for sometimes less than 30 seconds of performance. In our quick fix society most have no idea what this really means. Our investments (personal or financial) are supposed to pay off tomorrow. Instant gratification will be the death of us but to watch these athletes say "I want this so bad that I am willing to sacrifice everything for my moment of perfection" was humbling.
Before the games even begun many argued that the money spent could be better utilized to end pain and suffering, feed the hungry, or save the environment. All of these things are true but what I think we all may have discounted was the power of the games to elevate everyone and as a repercussion we now may believe that we can in fact do all of those powerful things. If we can lead the world in sport maybe we can lead the world in other ways too......
As the games went on and we all witnessed the amazing stories unfold an amazing sense of pride filled the nation. We learned what dividends hard work and commitment can have, we saw that courage and love can move a nation and we felt the true passion of what it means to be Canadian.
Let us not quickly forget these lessons and moments. Let us continue to build on the strong foundation that was laid before us. It is time to get in the game!
How will you take what you witnessed and change your life with it? How will you remember these last 17 days?
