Heart of Gold

So the olympics were here, and anyone who knows me knows this was the greatest time ever. There was nothing that was going to stop me from taking part in this once in a lifetime event. Going day after day from my bed to work to olympic events/pavilions back to my bed, just to do it all over again the next day.

These were the streets of Vancouver every day it was amazing!! Everyone was so positive and just having a great time.

Everyone came together and enjoyed all the sporting events. It was an amazing feeling. (The notion of Vancouver being a "No Fun" city seemed to be lost). Inside the Canadian Pavilion all the earlier knocks it took for being "Ugly" and "Too Expensive" were lost. No one cared about that once inside, we were a group and we watched Canada win it's first gold medal at home!

No matter which country you cheered for you were accepted into the mayhem! Which took the biggest stand in the spot light during the final day as i watched the Canada/USA hockey game with a large group of Americans. After the game was over, fan upon fan come over to them shock their hand and said "Great Game!" This is what the Olympics are about.

Before they started i was beginning to believe that people had forgotten about what the Olympics really stand for. It's not about money, or government, or how much snow is on Cypress :), it's about competition, fair play, and positivity; it's about one Country inviting every other nation into its home, all current political angst aside, for an event that towers over everything.

Through the unfortunate loss of Georgian Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili and all the other ups and downs of this event. We have come together as a city, a nation, seeing the positiveness of strong human spirits. Individuals who show a generation in this city, how much you can do and how much you will be supported in your efforts, by family/friends, your city and the whole country.

So now that this event is over all the nay-sayers will still have their gripes about the cost of it all. But we have to look at these costs and see what they could do. Don't think of it as money wasted, think of the future, the kid who never knew what moguls were before this, the boy who now has a speed skating oval to train in, or the young girl who watched Joannie Rochette's heart felt Olympics and now want to follow in this amazing woman's path. This is what i see the Olympics doing for our community; it was The Greatest thing that will probably ever happen to Vancouver.