Truth, goodness and beauty.

This week I have been near Chicago (Naperville) at a strength and speed conference. It was taught by some of the best coaches in the world. A strong science based curriculum was presented. It was fantastic.

While I was trying to digest all the facts of how the body works as an athletic organism, my mind kept going back to the Olympic trials I had watched just a week before. Man, what an experience those were! Truth-all trying to make the USA Olympic team. Goodness- all of the hours of dedicated, thoughtfully planned preparation. And beauty-the expression of the transcendent qualities in the athletes’ performance.

As is true in all endeavors, not all were good enough to qualify for the team. Does that make their performance any less an act of beauty? No, of course not. Although they were all facing the same truth, they all approached the trials with differing ideas or levels of goodness. Ah, but beauty, their performances were things of beauty. The hurdles, man, beautiful when done at that level. And gymnastics, Amazing. What I am getting at is when all of the transcendent attributes are melded together, amazing things happen!

This is true at every level, every step along the way. The 12 year old kid running his first official race in his school uniform. The 87 year old great grandpa playing on the floor with his grandson’s son. Both exhibiting the transcendental nature of our human condition. They are becoming more. They are constantly becoming….