"Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion."
~Hebbel~
~Hebbel~
Passion. It's that fire that we see burning behind the eyes. It's what keeps people going when everything else seems hopeless. That passion is what drives us to do better, jump higher, run faster, but most of all it's what keeps us from giving up. It gives us that drive that we need to laugh in the face of death; to fear absolutely nothing. Passion allows us to blot all else out and be one with what we are doing.
Tonight was the finals for the men's figure skating: the free program. The gold medal was on everyone's minds. Who was going to claim it? Would it be Russia's Evgeni Plushenko defending his gold medal title or would it be Evan Lysacek from the United States trying to win the first gold medal in men's figure skating since the 1980s?
In watching the men skate, I saw the passion in their faces as they went out onto the ice and did what they loved most in the world. There was nothing else. It was just them and the ice. The rest of the world was merely standing still, holding its breath. Evan skated his heart out. He stepped on that ice and showed the world what passion really was. He skated his best and in the end it paid off. He claimed the first gold medal in men's figure skating for the United States since the 1890s. No other person deserved it more than he did.
Watching him take the podium and have the gold medal rest around his neck as the national anthem was played was one of the most powerful and emotional feelings in the world. Everyone dreams that one day they could be standing in that spot, the national anthem playing for all to hear. You are on top of the world and you will be remembered for all Olympic history. But as long as we have passion, it doesn't matter if we ever make it to the Olympics. Sometimes winning the smallest victories matter more to us than winning the whole thing.
~Dragon Eyes~
Tonight was the finals for the men's figure skating: the free program. The gold medal was on everyone's minds. Who was going to claim it? Would it be Russia's Evgeni Plushenko defending his gold medal title or would it be Evan Lysacek from the United States trying to win the first gold medal in men's figure skating since the 1980s?
In watching the men skate, I saw the passion in their faces as they went out onto the ice and did what they loved most in the world. There was nothing else. It was just them and the ice. The rest of the world was merely standing still, holding its breath. Evan skated his heart out. He stepped on that ice and showed the world what passion really was. He skated his best and in the end it paid off. He claimed the first gold medal in men's figure skating for the United States since the 1890s. No other person deserved it more than he did.
Watching him take the podium and have the gold medal rest around his neck as the national anthem was played was one of the most powerful and emotional feelings in the world. Everyone dreams that one day they could be standing in that spot, the national anthem playing for all to hear. You are on top of the world and you will be remembered for all Olympic history. But as long as we have passion, it doesn't matter if we ever make it to the Olympics. Sometimes winning the smallest victories matter more to us than winning the whole thing.
~Dragon Eyes~
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