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The Olympic Games, a raging prophetic pandemic, and epic climatic disasters all conspire to make the planet almost hostile and in some cases inhospitable. As the world turns, burns, floods, ravages, and hemorrhage the Olympic games open to empty seats, muted fanfare, and individual drama as a cloud of uncertainty, anger, and misplace priorities underscore Olympic size expectation.
These games have as a purpose to unite the world in friendly, however nationalistic, competition for gold, silver, and bronze distinction but COVID-19 and it’s mutation (Delta Variant) permutated the dynamic of such competition. The original antagonism between worldly Olympian is no longer just to win a gold, silver, or bronze medal but to survive COVID-19 and its anomaly - to be the last man/woman standing - literally.
There is much to be said, vociferously, about living in the moment but nothing exemplifies the moment more than the mental challenge of being the fittest on the planet (olympians) on the one hand and the sickest on the planet (pandemic) on the other. Whole body integrity has at its root the component of mental health.
The line of demarcation between Olympic athlete and a COVID-19/variant host is delicately thin. So tenuous that in the wink of an eye a gold medalist can become a COVID ominous statistic. From an Olympian dream to a COVID nightmare with no exemption except vaccination which offers no guarantee.
The data on whose winning and losing is an unfair interpretation of the games we play and the life we live. Be advised you can choose to opt in or opt out of being an Olympian, of vaccinations, or playing to win or not to lose.
Three superstar athletes -- tennis player Naomi Osaka, gymnast Simone Biles and track and field sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson -- have opted out of Olympic Games for various reasons mostly due to mental health issues.
All seize the moment to win by not participating . Why? Mental health matters too. We play games to win but, in this moment during a pandemic we are living life not to lose - big difference.
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The Games WE Play and Live
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| Raven Saunders stood out in the shot put and making social stands during pandemic. Photo courtesy NRP |
By JV Howard
The Olympic Games, a raging prophetic pandemic, and epic climatic disasters all conspire to make the planet almost hostile and in some cases inhospitable. As the world turns, burns, floods, ravages, and hemorrhage the Olympic games open to empty seats, muted fanfare, and individual drama as a cloud of uncertainty, anger, and misplace priorities underscore Olympic size expectation.
These games have as a purpose to unite the world in friendly, however nationalistic, competition for gold, silver, and bronze distinction but COVID-19 and it’s mutation (Delta Variant) permutated the dynamic of such competition. The original antagonism between worldly Olympian is no longer just to win a gold, silver, or bronze medal but to survive COVID-19 and its anomaly - to be the last man/woman standing - literally.
There is much to be said, vociferously, about living in the moment but nothing exemplifies the moment more than the mental challenge of being the fittest on the planet (olympians) on the one hand and the sickest on the planet (pandemic) on the other. Whole body integrity has at its root the component of mental health.
The line of demarcation between Olympic athlete and a COVID-19/variant host is delicately thin. So tenuous that in the wink of an eye a gold medalist can become a COVID ominous statistic. From an Olympian dream to a COVID nightmare with no exemption except vaccination which offers no guarantee.
The data on whose winning and losing is an unfair interpretation of the games we play and the life we live. Be advised you can choose to opt in or opt out of being an Olympian, of vaccinations, or playing to win or not to lose.
Three superstar athletes -- tennis player Naomi Osaka, gymnast Simone Biles and track and field sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson -- have opted out of Olympic Games for various reasons mostly due to mental health issues.
All seize the moment to win by not participating . Why? Mental health matters too. We play games to win but, in this moment during a pandemic we are living life not to lose - big difference.
