Yesterday, the Sports Commission celebrated Olympic Day 2011 with the Disabled Athlete Sports Association (DASA). We participated in Track and Field, Archery, and Taekwondo. The formal stuff doesn't really matter. What really matters is the young man you see in the picture. His name is Happy. I'm not kidding. It really is Happy. When he was adopted, he asked the judge if he could change his name to Happy. The judge met him halfway and allowed Happy to be his middle name. As you can see, Happy was beside himself during Taekwondo.
Happy often needs help doing basic things. However,he found the extraordinary confidence and strength to put his fist through that board. That's the value of sports. Whether able-bodied or disabled, kids are repeatedly told what they can't do. But look at the result when we allow them to do what they CAN do. We have tons of pictures from Olympic Day that I'll post in the coming days, but I want you to focus on this picture of Happy. Is your coaching and/or parenting producing this result for your kids? Are you making them Happy? Until next time...
Be a Good Sport!
-Sol
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Oh Happy Day
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