I didn't care to watch the opening ceremonies for the Olympics, but my wife Vicki did succeed in getting me to record them. After she had watched a bit of the recording (without me) she took a second run at me saying I would really enjoy them. I enjoy Vicki, so that was enough to say yes.
She had it right. They were wonderful. If this is possible, the Canadians managed to make an entire nation look and feel like community for a little over two weeks. I am an American, but I have to admit I was cheering for Canada to win the most gold medals and the gold medal hockey game.
They are just... nice! And I have to root for nice people - not saying Americans are not nice... but then again, I wrote Simple Community primarily for Americans who, themselves, say we need more niceness, more community.
Anyway, the line of the entire Olympics for me came from a (I think they are called) slam poet who started a piece on Canada saying something like
"Canada is... please and thank you."
He had me from there. The Canadians had me from the opening bell & the more I watched the more I liked our neighbors to the North.
Oh, Canada...