Sometimes, I think we are so busy always trying to
win that we forget the beauty of merely competing with elegance and the grace
in losing well. We presently live in a
world of Lance Armstrong doping to gain a few seconds on up-hill climbs and
baseball players taking anabolic steroids in hopes of lifting a baseball over
the fence.
Everyone strives for the record books. Nothing else will do.
Thankfully another side of sports exists. One of my favorite stories is from a Special
Olympics event in Washington State many years ago. During a running event, one of the
contestants took a tumble. Two other
runners, seeing the third runner in distress, stopped, and ran back to help the
fallen runner. After a few assurances, all
three runners locked arms and crossed the finish line in last place as
one.
--Mitchell
Hegman
That is a beautiful and well-told story of compassion. Sharing it with your readers is like spreading light. Thank you. I'll have to share it on my blog site: arielmurphy.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThe situation described in the blog happened in 1976 in Spokane, Washington during a Special Olympics for contestants that were physically or mentally disabled.
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