Miracle Speech – You were born for this – Herb Brooks, Movie: Miracle – YouTube
I wrote earlier today on my blog that as an American I’ve never felt lower or more embarrassed than the past week. No hyperbole there.
So I began thinking through the course of the day and making a list of American events which made me proud.
First man on the moon. Getting Bin Laden. Desert Storm. The way the country initally came together after 9/11. Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement. Barack Obama being elected the first black president. Hillary Clinton being the first woman to be nominated for the presidency. That’s my first draft so far.
But the winner for me was the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. I get chills every time I watch this video. It is an illustration of what America is capable of acheiving when its not divided and dreams big.
Nothing political with this hockey team. Not the liberals hating the conservatives or vice versa. Just some American kids with a dream of beating the Russians and winning the gold medal the next round.
They could have played the Russians ten times and been lucky to beat the best team in the world once.
And they went out and did it. Now that’s American.
We are so much better than what we’ve shown these past four years. So much better.
The 1980 hockey team is who we are and should aspire to be on a daily basis.