Don’t Outswim Yourself

I won’t get much done today. Actually, I don’t expect to get much done for the next week. I was up several hours past my bedtime watching the Olympics. I’m going to be groggy all day. It’s a good thing for me that it only happens every four years.

I’ll watch summer Olympics. I’ll watch winter Olympics. I even watch the tryouts. It’s like cashew nuts. You put a dish of almonds in front of me, and I’ll eat a half-dozen and quit with no problem. You put a dish of cashews in front of me, and I hope you didn’t want any for yourself.

Last night was women’s gymnastics and swimming. Michael Phelps won another gold medal. He’s the biggest winner of all time. That’s a record not soon to fall. Katie Ledecky of Australia won herself another gold and set another world record.

Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez, and Aly Raisman represented us in gymnastics and in diversity. I see them leap into the air and wait a while before they come down, and it’s thrilling.

Like music, the Olympics don’t care what color, what religion, what ethnicity you are. For one female gymnast, it doesn’t seem to matter what age you are either. She’s 41!! The Olympics only want to know if you have the stuff, if you’re willing to go out and give it everything you have.Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy 5mg cialis tablets can treat Nephrotic Syndrome through degrading the immune complex and then expelling them out of the body. Ideally you should consult a appalachianmagazine.com buy levitra australia doctor prior to taking this drug. Kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra, these are four main points you should pastilla levitra 10mg keep in your mind while searching for the best online medical shop. If 100 mg of this medication is FDA approved and has been successfully tested on men of all age cialis on line groups.

That’s the part that thrills me. For every moment of an event, not one of the competitors is holding back. Except maybe for strategy. I heard the announcer say the swimmers had to be careful “not to outswim” themselves. I’m not sure, but I think they meant they should save some strength for a big finish.

I wonder how many people can honestly say that there was a time in their lives when they gave it everything. I’m going to examine myself to see if I can live up to that standard.

I’ll do that as soon as the water polo match between Spain and Italy is over.

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