Don't Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up
Good Evening. I was going to type a little bit about some Lineville-Clio sports and a parent that has suddenly become a thorn in the sides, but I thought I would talk about something a bit more serious.
I came home tonight and some college basketball was on (yes, the Hawkeyes won! but this is another game). It was the Jimmy V Classic, a game between Oklahoma St. and Syracuse. If you don't know Jimmy V, he was the coach of the North Carolina St. Wolfpack when they upset highly favored Houston in the 1983 NCAA title game. He later became stricken with cancer and passed away because of it. His last wish though was to establish a foundation to help raise money for cancer research. Tonight I will type for you excerpts of his famous, very touching speech he gave only a few months before his death:
"To me there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh everyday. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. Number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears. Could be happiness or joy. But think about it, if you laugh, you think and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week and you've got something special."
"I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. You have to be willing to work for it."
"I know I gotta go, I gotta go (he had overrun his tv time), but I got one last thing and I've said it before, and I want to say it again. Cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever. I thank you and God bless you all."
There are not truer words. Coming from someone who has lost an aunt and two uncles to cancer, I urge you to contribute to a foundation if you can. I myself will be participating in Hustle Up the Hancock in Chicago in February, which funds lung research of all kinds (cancer included). If you cannot, pray for those with cancer. It is most definately beatable. Look at Lance Armstrong. Think of all the good that could have been done in the world had others also survived cancer. The possiblities are endless.
I came home tonight and some college basketball was on (yes, the Hawkeyes won! but this is another game). It was the Jimmy V Classic, a game between Oklahoma St. and Syracuse. If you don't know Jimmy V, he was the coach of the North Carolina St. Wolfpack when they upset highly favored Houston in the 1983 NCAA title game. He later became stricken with cancer and passed away because of it. His last wish though was to establish a foundation to help raise money for cancer research. Tonight I will type for you excerpts of his famous, very touching speech he gave only a few months before his death:
"To me there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh everyday. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. Number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears. Could be happiness or joy. But think about it, if you laugh, you think and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week and you've got something special."
"I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. You have to be willing to work for it."
"I know I gotta go, I gotta go (he had overrun his tv time), but I got one last thing and I've said it before, and I want to say it again. Cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever. I thank you and God bless you all."
There are not truer words. Coming from someone who has lost an aunt and two uncles to cancer, I urge you to contribute to a foundation if you can. I myself will be participating in Hustle Up the Hancock in Chicago in February, which funds lung research of all kinds (cancer included). If you cannot, pray for those with cancer. It is most definately beatable. Look at Lance Armstrong. Think of all the good that could have been done in the world had others also survived cancer. The possiblities are endless.
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10:27 PM
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