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Yesterday Canada won the Gold medal in hockey and when you looked at the American players it showed just how far we may have gone off base as a society. Their heads were all hanging down, no smiles, they appeared to be failures – FAILURES – how bad can it be to be the second best hockey team in the world?

They aren’t failures they are all winners – every last person who does the best he or she can do at whatever they are doing is a winner.

So, why are the results of our athlete’s actions, judged upon the accomplishments of others? And why if they don’t win are they deemed a disappointment and labelled as “first place, second place … LOSERS!”  

Because a great deal of our society has lost touch with the true meaning of sport – fitness, compassion, understanding and appreciation of the accomplishments of others – because we have become enamoured with our own opinions and feel it’s our God given right to judge the performance of others – because when we judge others we don’t need to look at ourselves, our own life and our personal affairs – because we don’t need to be accountable for our opinions because everyone is entitled to their opinion!!!

In any case “I am Canadian” and yes I was happy to see Sid the kid take that pass from Iggy and slip it past the best player in the tournament (Ryan Miller of the US), but had we lost my enjoyment of the game was not based upon the outcome – it was based upon just how amazing each and every one of these athletes truly are and how exciting the game was.

I any case I have learned that win or lose the sun will come up tomorrow but when I state my opinion it’s my way of justifying my lack of action or to create a distraction so I might hide from the negative reflections in my mirror.