With MS, Ordinary Acts Become Feats Worth Celebrating

We don’t get to see the “beautiful game” of hurling much in West Kerry; this is Gaelic football country. The two games are not dissimilar in their rules, finesse, and skill required — and they can be equally confusing and brutal to the first-time observer. Each team’s supporters are staunch in their conviction to club and county. We are in the final throes of the All-Ireland Championships, with the second semifinal due to be played next weekend. Kerry meets Dublin on Sunday, and the Green & Gold (our county flag) will be waving in nearly every garden and from all the streets and buildings in our little town. The Harder the Point, the Higher the Praise When we gather at the pitch or in our local pub to watch the matches, I always admire fans of the sport for their love of the game, as well as for their team. Whenever a difficult point is scored — like from a tough angle or from heavily defended territory — even fans of the opposing team will give credit for a fine play. In fact, a ball that makes it over the bar and between the goalposts that should, by all rights, make it over is simply acknowledged. It’s the point that’s attained through struggle and against adversity that’s celebrated. “Oh, sure. Wasn’t that a fine point?” “Fair play to your man. That was a beautiful score,” is bantered from bar stools and crowded tables filled with ancestral footballing rivals. With MS, the Mundane Becomes the Monumental It makes me ...
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