Why can’t every day be like the Olympics? I don’t mean that I want to watch sports all day every day, but really how awesome is it that for a few days the whole world comes together. It’s amazing to see everyone who has worked so hard get the chance to live out their dreams. And for a few days, we all feel a part of those dreams. We cheer at the successes and feel the loss of a failure. For a few days, the majority of the world is cheering for the same thing- a dream. I can’t describe the feeling I get from watching and thinking about such a big event; something that has the ability to cross languages, cultures, ethnicities, ages, genders, and religions and bring everyone together. Fox Sports said it best:
"It’s a time when the world can put politics aside and get together for sport and fair play; it’s a time for countries to trumpet their nationalism; it’s an idealistic break from that constant ticker of bad news scrolling past; it’s a meaningless dance party that serves only as a prelude to the medal count. The Olympics bring together people of the world in harmony and friendship, and aims to celebrate what is best about mankind. It is, we’ve all heard, a time of global strife. Iran and Israel are at loggerheads. Afghanistan and Iraq aren’t the stalwarts of stable Middle Eastern democracy we’d hoped. Both the American and world economies are still in a tailspin. Climate change threatens us all. So does terrorism. But the Olympics? They’re an escape from all that. The Olympics reflect the best of humanity. The games reflect our need as people to go higher, faster, stronger. The games reflect our desire to compete, our best impulses toward fair play, and humanity at our most courageous. The games show that humans can live together in peace and sport, if only for a couple of weeks.”
I honestly couldn’t have said it better myself. When I’m watching the Olympics, I like to imagine people and families and friends all around the world in all different countries huddled around their TV’s, watching and cheering. And in these coming weeks, as we all sit and cheer for our favorites, we are all also cheering for achieved dreams, peace, and most of all, hope.
"If we could throw away the hate, and make love last another day. Don't give up just for today, life would be so simple. They may talk about us, but they will never stop us. We'll keep singin'. Do you remember at all? People walkin' hand in hand. Can we feel that love again? Can you imagine it all? If we could get along then we all could sing this song together."
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