Saturday, August 16, 2008

BOLT OF LIGHTNING

ADVERSITY IS THE TEST OF STRONG MEN - Seneca
Well now we will see if Asafa is really a mamma`s boy, a real baby Huey OR , a man. As, he is now facing the test of his young life.
He has to be happy for his fellow country man and we all know he must be dying inside.
As i drive around Jamaica I sense and see how although Jamaicans are so happy for Usain they are dying for Asafa, as one of my young spa valets said to me "Mrs. Wright i feel as if my heart has moved, God knows i feel it, if him even did come second or third but not to medal.....how can that happen?"
And that's the general feeling.............Happy for Usain who deep down even the Asafa fans must have sensed was going to win watching them go through the rounds, and once Asafa started with his little isms ......they taking too much blood from him,(i know even now Bolt has no blood left as they have pulled it all) and then yesterday when he said his stomach wasn`t so right i felt it for him as my stomach wasn`t so right either as every time i heard the announcer say the time of the finals i got sicker and sicker ...........so i sympathised with him but realized his head was what wasn`t so right......Bolt never faltered as the same young spa valet said "BOLT RUNS FOR FAME AND COUNTRY, ASAFA RUNS FOR MONEY."I hope his assessment is wrong. As if Asafa keeps choking there will be no money to run for.
NOW BACK TO USAIN.........SUPPOSE HE HADN`T PULLED UP AND START CELEBRATING 80 METERES OUT???
What would the record have been?
In his interview he said he wasn`t concentrating on the record he just wanted to be the first Jamaican to win gold for his country in the 100 metres,see.......He is a show boater but learnt the spiritual lesson early.
ONLY U CAN DO IT FOR U. ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, THERE IS NOTHING U CANNOT ACCOMPLISH IF U PUT YOUR MIND TO IT AND WANT IT BADLY ENOUGH.
GO DEY MI BWOY ....... THIS WAS JUST WHAT JAMAICA NEEDED.......WE HAVE ALL BEEN HIT BY A BOLT OF LIGHTNING!

photo : matt dunham /AP

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nicely put Pat. Usain did what he needed to do to prove to himself that he is the best in the world. If you dont like how he celebrates, run your race and beat him, then you can do your celebration. If you win!!