Celebrate the Victories in Life

There's a lady from Winnipeg in Canada - it's easy to find as it's the place in the middle - and she's quite unassuming and quite remarkable at the same time. To many she's an inspiration, and her home country treats her as such. She's unique as she's the only human ever to have won multiple medals in both summer and winter games. She's in the news of late, as she won another medal for speed skating for Canada yesterday, 14 years after winning her first medal - for cycling. Check her out if you like - Clara Hughes is her name.

So, lest we overlook how mind-blowingly incredible some people can reach to, it's important I think to acknowledge this person, and celebrate what we're all capable of. Being the only person EVER to have accomplished something is pretty special, and we won't see that everyday. As Clara only won a bronze yesterday, it's also easy to overlook that in the frenzy of medal-idolatry that the Games can represent. But this person is different, in a truly exceptional way, and deserves our recognition and thanks for showing us what we can do if we put our minds to it.