These Paralympic Games Have left me lost for words, Since those Olympic flames Were sent towards the birds, How can those without limbs Or without any sight, On track, in pool and gyms In all their awesome might, Show feats that boggle minds So that we sit in awe, As they show us all kinds Of amazements galore, To take on a front crawl With only half an arm, Or without legs at all Really makes the heart warm, Or to see on the track Athletes who run as fast, As many who don´t lack Any limbs, makes me gasp, To reach a sporting peak Of any sort these days, Takes sacrifice, unique To those worthy of praise, But for handicapped folk We should praise every one, The emotion they evoke Is just second to none, And good to see TV Also playing a part, So that the world can see And hopefully take heart.
So true! Annoyed I'm missing it all, but it's a big (watch out I'm going to swear for the first time in ages on this forum) **** you to the moaners and lazy people out there. These people don't complain about their disabilities and just get on with it. I can kind of relate to these athletes as I have one or two minor disabilities. People around me moan about the smallest things while I just get on with it as if I had no disability at all. I guess it's the sme but on a much larger sale for these athletes. Also saw a guy with no legs on a scooter use one of his false legs as a holder for his Starbucks coffee in new york the other day, it was brilliant!
Inspirational isn't it. I only hope that if I was put in the position they were I'd have the courage to strive to achieve what they have. Very proud of our nation after the Olympics and Paralympics, we kicked the **** out of it basically. China who?
I have never watched any paralympics, something about it that just doesn't sit right with me. Don't know what it is but I cannot sit and watch disabled people taking part in competitive sports. All the same, as they do put in so much effort and they clearly have a high degree of tenacity then there is much to be admired, even from the safe distance that I stand
good one RBF it's truely inpsirational did anybody see the young guy in the 100m (not sure what class it was, that's the confusing thing about the para there are about 10 versions of every event) last night who got the bronze medal? went absolutely crazy when he realised he'd won the bronze and did a victory lap. brilliant
Actually Thai, I´ve only just recently begun watching them, for the simple reason that they´ve only been shown on the TV here since Bejing, but some of the performances are totally mind-boggling, they really do beggar belief, and actually put a lot of things, sporting and otherwise into perspective. I´m finding them totally fascinating.
I have no doubt RBF but for whatever reason I just feel uncomfortable with it. Over here there are a lot of handicap, be it severed limbs, crooked backs, legs, arms etc. I just cannot look, perhaps I feel it is rude to look and to that end I simply look the other way. Perhaps there is something inside of me saying "if you look they are going to be unhappy or upset with you". I am sure I am not alone with this kind of though process. Obviously I have seen people in wheelchairs in the London marathon but that does not register the same, it's really weird. Do I try to fight it so I can watch events that are organised for disabled persons? No, I simply can't! Certainly does not take away any credit, applause, plaudits etc that come their way as I have no doubt the fully deserve it
I think that feeling is perfectly natural, but I also think it´s a bit of a misconception, we probably think they´re feeling far worse than they really are.
It may well be but remains quite a barrier for me to cross. It really is strange, as a youngster I knew a boy with cerebral palsy. I used to play with him, as best as you can under the circumstances so it's not like I was sheltered from such things. I must confess, since that boy I have never really had any close contact with anyone that is disabled.
