Date Posted:Friday August 24 2007 Author: Please no apathy allowed! Author Host/IP: NoHost / 24.244.159.106 Subject: Re: Lame In reply to:
Do you have time for apathy?
's message, "Re: Lame" on Friday August 24 2007
>There is not very many times in your life where making
>a change or a difference is easy - in fact you will
>most likely encounter many roadblocks along the way
>but those are only there to help you "think outside of
>the box" and find a way through or over the obstacles that may not
>be obvious.
>
>Thr suggestion below was that the swimmers - perhaps the
>active swimmers who are out of age group can individually or as a group put
>forword the suggestion and/or arguement (this will need reasons why) that the athletes are afforded
>representation through the Constitution on Council and as a consultant to
>the Exeutive - this is how change is affected - not through apathy!
>Finally "no man is an island" - no one knows the full
>truth about themselves - as you mature through the
>years you may discover that there is always something
>changing or new about yourself - if this is not
>happening then you will not grow into the realm of
>"self realization" - the wisest people I know are the
>elders of this world and I'm talking about the 80 and
>90 somethings - and the interesting thing about them
>is with sound mind and body many are still open to
>learning the truth about themselves!
>
>>Its not that easy my friend. There are no swimmers on
>>the council nor do we attend technical meetings. The
>>best we can do is hope and trust the BSF makes the
>>best decisions that will help us do what we need to
>>do. And in the meantime, just ignore people (such as
>>the person 2 messages below) who know little about the
>>sport, parents who know nothing yet still try to coach
>>from the stands, and basically those hating out of
>>jealousy. If we know the truth about ourselves, who
>>can tell us anything different?
