Special_Olympics

Special Olympics “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.” If you would have asked me what this phrase meant to me a month or maybe even a week ago I would have said that it sounded nice, but that it had no meaning or great significance to me. However, after having the privilege of volunteering at the West Virginia Special Olympics, my views and feelings of the event and its motto have changed drastically. When I read the guidelines for this paper on the first day of class and got to the first question “What did I learn,” I honestly thought to myself what could I possibly learn from this' Was I ever in for a surprise, I learned more than I ever imagined about the event itself and those who are actually privileged enough to participate. I never thought that the Special Olympics could actually have such a great impact on those who are involved, me especially. I think that the greatest lesson I learned was that anyone, no matter how smart, how fast, or how old, can accomplish almost anything that they put their mind to. They special, olympics, first, ever, event, myself, matter, even, times, think, really, place, people, lot, winner, weekend, thought, someone, said, meant, learned, just, great, done, didn’t, can’t, work, win, whole, wanted, truly, time, tent, tell, shown