Spirit of Courage

Wake up very tired today. Hardly awake when I eat my breakfast. Usually I spent about 10min to prepare my breakfast, but so tired that I just take about 2 min to prepare. Yum… 2 cold ham and honey sandwiches, and a glass of milk. Sitting in front of TV watching Sunrise.

Just so admire our Australian Team women beach volleyballers Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson who finished in fourth, lost to American Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs in the bronze medal play off.

It was such an effort for Natalie Cook to continue to play when she has her underarm injured, and managed to get through the set. I could tell that American team actually target the weak to win the game. She was heavily in pain, but I could tell that something just more than pain to get her continue the game.

Natalie had been aiming for her third consecutive Olympic Games beach volleyball medal after winning gold in 2000 and bronze in 1996.

Olympic is like the journey of life. Every competition is about fighting the battle of life which we face everyday. We may win some time, but we may be the loser some time. But through Natalie, no matter how we so broken hearted or restless but there must be something that keep us going for life.

She may not win the medal, but at least she tried to finish the game. Finish the game is her goal I guessed. She had every single pain and emotion every time she hits the ball. I guessed the spirit of sportsmanship determine her goal to finish her game.

Well, I think purpose of life determine the effort to keep going every time we fall. Fighting the battle could be restless, but it is just part of life. Giving up should be totally out of question.