Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 In a message dated 8/28/2004 9:07:54 AM Central Daylight Time, IonaDove@... writes: >Sports are ruled by Mars/Venus. Mars=physical strength; Venus, beauty, >relationship, teamwork.. There is great beauty n comraderie at the Olympics n we >get >to watch the glory of the healthy human body in action. My major problem with sports today, even at the Olympic level, is that winning rather than simply doing one's best is becoming the goal. It's hard not to see those sculpted bodies and wonder how many are using steroids and/or the new " genetic doping. " Still, I gotta admit, with so much emphasis on the body it's not likely that we'll ever evolve into those little wimpy folks with the huge head and eyes that were once predicted! Namasté Sam in Texas §(ô¿ô)§ Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 In a message dated 8/28/2004 1:07:40 PM Central Daylight Time, zozie@... writes: >The ancient game I would like to see played would be horse jumping. This is >not sitting on a horse with the horse jumping over objects. It's young people >leaping over running horses. Probably a bit like fancy riding at rodeos. Yup, sounds like the cowgirls that go around making flying leaps from ground to saddle and across the galloping horse's back, etc. I haven't seen this sort of thing in a long time. I wonder if they still do it. Maybe in circuses. Namasté Sam in Texas §(ô¿ô)§ Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 > -----Original Message----- > > My major problem with sports today, even at the Olympic > level, is that > winning rather than simply doing one's best is becoming the > goal. I think that perhaps this true for the Olympic programs (and to some extent the fans) in countries who actually have a good shot at - or the expectation of - unparalleled success in a particular event. But for a lot of individual athletes, just getting there and competing seems to be the biggest thrill of all. I've seen quite a few interviews where athletes who were 'expected' to win gold medals a-plenty and didn't said that no, they weren't disappointed at all because they knew they'd done their best. They don't seem insincere to me, anyway. And just think of all the countries who manage to send only a few athletes to the games (I think there's at least one nation who sent only a single athlete), and of those few none are expected - by themselves or others - even to make it into medal rounds. They come anyway and do their best, even if they go home empty handed. It would be so easy for them not even to bother showing up, and yet they do. In competition, having a winner also means having a loser... neither can exist without the other. Like any other pair of opposites, they're necessary partners in the dance. Of course, the only thing worse than a sore loser is an ungracious winner - both seem to have lost track of how dependent each one's status is on the status of the other. Kione Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 In a message dated 8/28/2004 6:14:40 PM Central Daylight Time, kione@... writes: >just think of all the countries who manage to send only a few >athletes to the games (I think there's at least one nation who sent only >a single athlete), and of those few none are expected - by themselves or >others - even to make it into medal rounds. They come anyway and do >their best, even if they go home empty handed. Did you see the movie, " Cool Runnings, " about the Jamaican bobsled team? I haven't seen it but I intend to because it seems like it would express exactly what you describe. Namasté Sam in Texas §(ô¿ô)§ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. -- Les Brown Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens. -- Carl Gustav Jung You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try. -- Beverly Sills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 > -----Original Message----- > Did you see the movie, " Cool Runnings, " about the Jamaican > bobsled team? I > haven't seen it but I intend to because it seems like it > would express exactly > what you describe. I have seen bits and pieces of it, but never the whole thing. Most reviews I've heard of it were pretty favorable. If I'm not mistaken, it was based on a true story. > Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the > stars. -- Les > Brown > > Your vision will become clear only when you look into your > heart. Who looks > outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens. -- Carl Gustav Jung > > You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if > you don't try. -- > Beverly Sills Great quotes! K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.