The spectacular recently concluded Olympics had many lessons for life...here are just a few of them...
* "You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams." Dara Torres, 41 year old swimmer who missed the gold by .01 of a second
* "...to those who take big risks there are big rewards, " said the announcer as the woman from Romania won the woman's marathon. She had broken from the pack of runners early and established a lead that was impossible for the others to overcome.
* Siblings can support each other while competing even at the highest levels as evidenced by tennis players Venus and Serena Williams who motivate each other with positive messages prior to each match, even the ones where they play each other.
* Using your imagination to visualize success is a very powerful strategy as shared by Michael Phelp's coach Bob Bowman who taught him at an early age that it's something that winners do.
* The Olympic flame, whatever it means to us - success, one world, achievement, following our dreams - burns inside everybody (every body)
* Teamwork lives - in the athletic arena, within the thousands who created the amazing displays for the opening and closing ceremonies
* We are not that different wherever we're from. We are all proud of our countries as is evidenced on the medal stands as the athletes listened to their own national anthem while mouthing the words and holding back tears.
* We all want our moment to shine, to be noticed just like the athletes who took a moment to smile and mug for the TV cameras as they gathered as one in the closing ceremonies.
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