I am definitely a big fan of the Olympics. I look forward to this every two years, enjoying the summer Olympics more, but never missing certain parts of the winter games either.
I’m not a huge sports fan, and never have been. I’ve followed pro football since I was a kid, as well as men’s/women’s tennis, and gymnastics, since it was long a part of my family.
But the Olympics are much more than a competition to me. Much much more.
It’s almost a spiritual thing for me, since the main competitors for each person or team are…in my opinion…
…Themselves.
This is not so much a series of games for me, but more a celebration of humanity and individual accomplishment.
About 80 countries that attend out of the 200-plus have never even won any kind of medal, ever.
Tonight, the men’s gymnastics just finished, along with women’s and men’s swimming. These sports are unquestionably all about the person competing against themselves, to perform their best, to strive for the most optimal physical performance they can manage.
Competitors do “win” along the way, but if the person is not in tip-top form…physically, mentally, spiritually…they will not be where they need to be to produce the best showing.
Hence the competition against themselves, and hence the joy of just witnessing the accomplishment in each game.
I may have a fairly slim and ripped body, as you’ve seen from my videos.
I’m in pretty darn good shape, thanks to my lifestyle.
But make no mistake…
These people, granted most are half…or MORE…(a 17 year old girl swimming right now)…my age ;), have a *much* higher level of conditioning than I do.
Much.
Getting slim and fit is easy.
Living a life built around being the best that you can be is a bit more of a challenge.
But it all ties in together.
And we owe it to ourselves, and to the rest of humanity, to put in the best that we have.
Love, Happiness, Health and Peace…………Tim