It's that time again. That time when you watch all the ads between the segments of Olympic coverage and find yourself tearing up at the one narrated by Morgan Freeman talking about a runner from some remote country who came in "dead last" in an Olympic marathon years ago. All those ads that invoke pride in humans. Pride in people who come in dead last but still hauled ass doing it.
The Olympics do that too, it's not just the ads.
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One of my favorite pictures from a newspaper (that I cut out and still have!) was from the Salt Lake Winter Olympics. It showed a man absolutely exalted after crossing the finish line during cross country skiing. His hands were extended in the air and he had this huge, beautiful smile on his face, and he had come in dead last. He was from Africa, or some such non-wintry place. He was thrilled to have finished at all. I love that picture.
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