What brings us together ? .. Religion- nah !!! Education - nah !!! Grub-nah !!! .. what's that one thing .. !!! yeah .. its SPORTS. If its Football in Europe , then its Cricket in Asia , then its Baseball in America.
The Ancient Greeks rightly thought Sports will bring People together , since they had a vast empire .The thought proved right , it did bring people together , that was how Olympics were born.
We are just mesmerised by these play field " Gladiators" , we are just observed by the sport in the middle , we just fail to keep track of time or rather we forget the dimension of Time .. We Forget not only time , we forget who we are, what we are and where we are . We almost feel as though we are in the middle and all the action is up on us and we can win the game for our team . Trust me , everybody who adores sport will agree with me on this .
We just adore the people who play these sports or do we ? . We love those who are very very good at the sports they play . We don't call " Bend it like some jack".. we call it " Bend it like Beckham ". What Beckham wears , what hair style he sports , whom he marries .. !!! all makes news .. !! . We call Sachin Tendulkar God of Cricket .Schumacher the King of F1. The Brazilan's Samba Football.
We just have given them the Demi -God Status. We pray to Gods for their Success , we feel elated when they do well and when the team wins . , we cry as though we lost our dear ones when our team looses. There might be a world war 4 or cold war brewing between father and son ,but it will all be fine when they sit down to watch a game of their choice , then we can realise the passion they share for the sport .
Women folk have also joined in the bandwagon , they not only watch sports actively but they also have made it to the top of the sports world . The list is long which comprises of names like Steffi Graff, Martina, Billie Jean King , Mythali Raj , P.T Usha .
Sports brings out the best and worst of us . The worst is something which we need to avoid , the rioting especially and the hooligans in football. People have to understand that they are putting themselves in danger and also other's life too .Sports is something which we need to enjoy in the right spirit and we must understand matters is participation and playing fair. It is certainly not to be treated as a battle and the pitch is not a battle field. It is certainly not good to break the T.V sets when your team looses or to hurt somebody.
Personally , i really feel that sportspeople deserve their adulation and admiration because they do indeed sacrifice their life for what they believe and they achieve what we couldn't. We shouldn't be judging them when they fail and praising them when they win , we certainly shouldn't be fickle, after all they are also humans !
Sports kindles and ignites the spirit in us and it just brings out the kids in us .
Don't ever miss out on an opportunity to watch a sport with buddies, because that's when you realise you still have the child in you .
Cheers
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