In a fun twist of irony, I have been trying to learn how to snowboard right as the Olympics has started.
Now I truly love the Olympics (everything except curling … I still don’t understand how that is a sport). And I especially love all the Olympic stories of adversity.
(The 19-year-old Brazilian ice skater who was abandoned in Brazil and then adopted by a French couple and discovered in a public ice skating rink at the age of 4. Or the gold-winning ski jumper whose brother has cerebral palsy. Or the Chinese couple who came out of retirement to win the gold in ice skating.)
But back to me snowboarding, or as I call it, snow “falling” (because, honestly, the majority of the time I am falling, not even remotely close to staying on the board). And as I have now been to the ski patrol hospital twice in three weeks I can say with certainty that this sport is really hard.
Which led me to realize – being the best at something takes a lot of really, really hard work. And, yes, there is a certain amount of natural ability that you have to have/
But to be the absolute best — it takes years of dedication, practice, sacrifice, and a strong support group of people around you who are encouraging you even when you are at your lowest (just ask Lindsey Vonn).
It takes believing in yourself no matter what — when everyone tells you that you can’t or you are not good enough or you should give up. To win gold, you have to passion, talent, drive, and the stamina to work really really really hard for something.
Use the Olympics as inspiration and never give up!
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