Date:
10/20/2016
Title:
Vision, When You’re Not Sure of Your Destination – Part 2
By Bryan Arzani
They were a team made up of refugees. The ten people who were chosen to compete at the Rio Olympics used to call four countries home: South Sudan, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Syria.
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee established the Refugee Olympic Team to raise awareness of the magnitude of the refugee crisis. In 2015, in a speech to the UN General Assembly, Bach announced that refugees would be allowed to compete under the Olympic flag. The process began to identify people who had refugee status and sufficient talent to compete at an Olympic level.
Of these ten Olympians, six competed in track and field, two in swimming, and two in judo. These are people who have NO PERMANENT home structure. They lived in tents, in crowded camps, for years and years and years. They had fled their home country due to devastating conflict.
Spurred forward with a vision of being safe, they walked and ran over rocky terrain. To be free, they piled into small inflatable rafts and braved crashing waves. They swam through seas, even when their arm and leg muscles were turning to rubber. They persevered, though family abandoned them.
Plucked from refugee camps, they had a vision to perform. They practiced, ate better, slept regularly, and trained. They had a vision to execute the talents given to them, to make a statement to the world that they are people first, and just refugees by someone else’s moniker.
Their vision was clear to them. They valued it. Because of the gift from the IOC and the UN General Assembly, they were able to achieve it. And, they communicated it to the rest of us.
Imagine, if this team of people can hold onto a vision, with hands that have held dustings of lives….listen to the message they are sending to us. Believe! Have faith! Follow your vision!
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