Shawn's Gold

Even if I knew she already won it, I had to watch it...I had to see her when she finally receive her gold.

Again, I stayed up last night to watch the women's gymnastics. I wanted to see Shawn Johnson in her victory. A young girl who has done outstandingly in this year's Olympics but never got the prize. Well, she did, but not the big one, not the one she deserves. In my mind, Shawn Johnson is a champion, gold medal or not. And I have to see it finally around her neck.

They say that the face is the mirror to someone's heart. And I believe that. With Shawn Johnson, you see youth, beauty, optimism, confidence, sunshine. See her do gymnastics, and you would see exceptional talent, dedication, mastery, purpose.

At her young age, we should learn from Shawn Johnson. Smiling it all through, no matter what the outcome of the game is. If you keep focused and keep doing your best, you will reach your goal. It may not be in the beginning or in the middle of the road but it would happen before your journey is over.

In case of Shawn, it happened in the final event. And what a way to end an Olympics.