dailyprompt-2054 – Deb Hawken

Athletics

Name the professional athletes you respect the most and why. The LostI admire the people who run from hurtThose who will jump mountainsSwim raging riversPunch unkindness out of their wayI admire those with the flexibilityTo bend around unfair treatmentAnd slither gymnasticallyAway from those they cannot trust Divers who hurl themselves downwardsUnafraid to face the painPlungingContinueContinue reading “Athletics”

Side Issue

Name the professional athletes you respect the most and why. I don’t particularly respect professional athletes. I appreciate their skills, am thrilled when they win, but that’s where it stops. I respect people who try to make a difference. Years ago our footballers were overpaid divas, arrested for driving big fat cars unnecessarily fast, andContinueContinue reading “Side Issue”

Perfect 10

Name the professional athletes you respect the most and why. George Ford The England Ruby player who distinguished himself by winning all 27 points yesterday. I’m not a big fan of Rugby, but I do prefer it to watching millionaires cry on their coach’s shoulder when horrid people expect them to take a penalty. YesterdayContinueContinue reading “Perfect 10”