I've been thinking a lot about hope lately.
This video of the 2009 Kentucky Derby is my favorite example these days.
I'm not a huge horse racing enthusiast but I can't help but get swept up in the drama,
watching the impossible materialize...
mine that bird
#8
trailing the entire first half of the race
#8
trailing the entire first half of the race
winner with 50:1 odds
How do you get a bum horse that lost 31 of its last 32 races to win the Kentucky Derby?!?
When they interviewed the jockey after this historic race he simply said:
"I rode him like a good horse"
I've been thinking a lot about hope lately
and I'm considering renaming it blind, stupid, determination.
Funny you posted this. One of the women that I cycle with in my cycling club owns his mother. The dam of Mine That Bird lives right down the road from where I work.
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing. It's easy to feel like you are a 50/1 shot who is way too far behind to ever hope of catching up.
ReplyDeleteActually, sometimes I feel more like the best-looking horse at the glue factory.
Coy that connection is wild!! if you run into the horse anytime soon, thank her for birthing some inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteand Tom, I know exactly what you mean, seeing as I possess a plethora of broken parts