* By all accounts South Africa doing a splendid job in hosting the FIFA World Cup.
Whether it is FIFA itself,or the many soccer fans who came to watch the games,everybody is raving about how well the tournament was organised.
The President of FIFA - Mr Sepp Blatter - gave us 9/10 for the hosting of the tournament.The soccer lovers who came to watch the games promised to come to these shores again to tour.
What can we say?
A special,special 'big up' to the LOC CEO - Danny Jordaan - and his whole team for making this World Cup such a success.A 'big up' too to our country's leaders - including our three Nobel laureates of Archbishop Tutu,Mr F W De Klerk and Mr Nelson Mandela - who brought us the World Cup by making the trip to Switzerland way back in 2004 to add weight to our bid.
Now for the other 'biggie' on the sporting front - the Olympic Games.We are ready.
* The Spanish team coming up trumps in the World Cup Final against The Netherlands last week Sunday.Spain defeated the Dutch by 1-0 in extra time.
For soccer purists this win by Spain was heartening.Spain play the game the beautiful way.Watching them move the ball from the backline,through the midfield,then on to the strikers who then make an attempt at goal, is delightful.It is like watching a chess game.An intriguing one at that,bacause the opponents will then put all of their men behind the ball to defend against this wave after wave of a Spanish attack.Like this, it then becomes just a matter of time before Spain scores and then goes on to win the game.This is exactly how it panned out against the Dutch in this Final.It was also the same story against Germany in the semi-finals, and against Portugal in the quarter-finals.
And ofcourse this Spanish way of playing - possession football with short passes - is modelled on the Barcelona FC style.Barcelona have turned this way of playing into an art form.
"Nice one Spain.Nice one."
* The fact that it is Nelson Mandela's birthday today.
Our former President is 92 years old today.It is not only his birthday today but it is also Mandela Day internationally.On this day each of us is urged to spend atleast 67 minutes of our day 'giving back' to our various communities in one way or another.
We wish to add our voice to the many birthday wishes and say:
"A Happy Birthday to you Madiba.May you not only live long,but live
long healthily.May your day - Mandela Day - galvanise the world and make
the giving of one's time to the community a worldwide phenomenon."
THANK YOU UNIVERSE.THANK YOU FOR MY 'FEEL GOOD MOMENTS'.
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Our FEEL GOOD poem of the week:
At First They Said....
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They said South Africa won't be able to.
They said SA doesn't have the infrastructure.
It lacks the organizational ability,
They said.
At first they said....
Crime in South High is too high.
The visiting football fans will be butchered.
But we showed them.
We showed them WE CAN.
We showed them we can 'hit' big.
We gave them a SMOOTH,
A WELL RUN,
And a SAFE World Cup.
Now they are saying 'Well Done'.
They are saying so from the roof tops.
Now they are saying....
Here are the Olympics.
Here is the F1 Grand Prix.
Take them.
Why?
Because YOU CAN.
You can SA.
Everybody can see that,
They are now saying.
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SO,SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD OUT THERE,WHAT MADE YOU
FEEL GOOD THIS WEEK?
Let us know at - feelgoodmovement@gmail.com
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