Tuesday, February 2, 2010

You're ALL that you WANTED to BE...

We can feel a change is coming...Like a kiss upon a tide...BREATHING LIFE INTO EVERY HEART... The hopeful kind of times... Cause we'll walk this road together... Though at times we felt alone... In the struggleto leave dissent... We find the STRENGTH one yet to find... YOU CARRY YOUR COURAGE, CARRY THE HISTORY ... But all are gone before you... Wherever you come from... Or born of one dreams FINDS YOU, STANDING HERE... And you know that you CAN MAKE IT. YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN YOUR HANDS... And you've spent a LIFETIME working for this MOMENT... And YOU ARE SHINING... YOU ARE ALL THAT YOU WANTED TO BE...

There comes this moment in our lives. That everything just comes together. In the lives of Julia Roberts and Russell Crowe it was when they held an Oscar in their hands. While for Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift when they heard their name being called out as the winner of a Grammy. Others it was the winning of a championship title in sports...In two weeks we will meet another Dan Jansen, Shaun White, Sarah Hughes, and Apolo Ohno... We will soon know their story... We will soon see their goals and dreams FINALLY reached. We will cheer them on... We will celebrate... We will be proud that they are now touching and holding their dreams. The olmypics... I love them. I won't ever forget of the stories that inspire me to reach for my own life dreams. We will hear of their struggles, their overcomings, of the things they had to endure to be in Canada. We will know of their sweat and tears. And we will find ourselves hoping that this winter is their year.... Though we will be proud to be an American not all who we cheer for will be waving the Red - White and Blue... and the true is it doesn't matter. Because in the end its not American - Canadian or Russian... its simply the Human Race... We are all one world. And I guess that why I love the Olympics... it brings the world a step closer together even if its only for a short time span. Togetherness of the Human Spirit... oh what a site that is to watch ... For we all know of the greatness that come out of such a thing...

One of my favorite stories is the one of Speed skater Dan Jansen... we have all seen the commericals and know his story. How he lost his sister to cancer the day of his big race in the 1988 Olympics...he promised to win her gold... he didn't but he never gave up on his dream... in 1994 he won gold... on the stand with the gold medal around his neck he reached it up to the sky and said this is for you Jane-I love you.... and then he took his victory lap with his daughter, Jane... How can that story NOT touch you... and change you... and stay with you... A man that had his dreams at his finger tips but never able to reach. A man that struggled with the loss of a sister on the world's biggest stage. A man that failed in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics to fulfill his promise to his sister. A man that never gave up... A man who finally succeed. I have never met this man - but his story became apart of mine. The olympic games...FEBUARY 12, 2010

When you are airborne and free... At PEACE with gravity... High above everyone can see... The spirit of human ecology... HOW YOUR FLAME KEEPS BURNING... When you leave ALL DOUBT behind... Its a giant leap for mankind... At PEACE WE ALL SHINE... And YOU ARE SHINING... YOU ARE ALL THAT YOU WANTED TO BE...

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