I’m blasting through a book by Mike Lipkin called “Luck Favours the Brave” and in it he shares a great story.  It is the amazing true story of Australian speed-skater, Steven Bradbury and it first appeared in the Globe and Mail on February 18th, 2002.
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The luckiest man at the Winter Olympics is an Australian speed-skater [...]

Vancouver is hosting the winter Olympics at the moment and while there have been a few glitches, I’ve been impressed with everthing so far.
Nobody could have written a better script for the first few days of competition.  Let me set the stage for you.  No Canadian has ever won a gold medal on Canadian soil. [...]

This came through to me in an email and I thought it was great.  I’ve always said that we can learn a lot from dogs.  Sorry, I don’t know who wrote the original story but it is something to think about.
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A  Dog’s Purpose   (from  a 6-year-old).
Being a veterinarian, I had been called to  examine a [...]