People have tried to make it clear to you, Ion, that you will not be recognized by USMS or SWIM magazine unless you swim a lot faster. They have also tried to point out, in a nutshell, that your attitude comes across as sour grapes.
I am going to postulate that you would like to be recognized for overcoming whatever it is you have overcome. SWIM magazine doesn't have the space to do it. And they certainly don't have the manpower (interviewers and photographers) to cover every story there is to tell, especially in regard to overcoming adversity.
So, here it is. I wish everyone would take the chance to tell their stories. Think of it as a SWIM web page for sharing of personal histories.
I know Tom Ellison has an amazing story that I wish he would put here. I know of many other swimmers who have overcome tremendous adversity. I hope this thread will become an inspiration to us all, and that we will all realize, as I have lately, that: looking at the past can be painful, so don't (as long as you don't repeat it!), who knows what the future holds, so quit worrying about it, and be happy in the present because it's the only thing you really have control over.
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Originally posted by Karen Duggan
Ion, please. It doesn't matter your age when you are told you do something well. You just feel good about it, build on it, and most of all SHUT UP ABOUT IT.
Karen I am sure that you did not mean to let your emotions get the best of you, but you did. Telling someone to "SHUT UP" just is not right. If you do not have enough respect to speak to someone in an adult fashion, then perhaps you should not be speaking to them at all.
The thing about Ion is he has somehow built this reputation of being a horrible villain. IN fact, Ion is just like you and me, accept he is a little more intense about his passions. So ION thinks that he could have been an Olympic Champion had he started as a youth. What do you (the plural you - not Karen) care? Why does ANYONE make ION's business their own? We all have out idiosyncrasies, that is what keeps life interesting!
Finally, Karen, you say that you did not start this thread to throw darts at ION but then you go and tell him to "SHUT UP." Clearly you have hostility towards him and it seems a little silly to insist that you were not antagonizing Ion by starting this thread.
Originally posted by Karen Duggan
Ion, please. It doesn't matter your age when you are told you do something well. You just feel good about it, build on it, and most of all SHUT UP ABOUT IT.
Karen I am sure that you did not mean to let your emotions get the best of you, but you did. Telling someone to "SHUT UP" just is not right. If you do not have enough respect to speak to someone in an adult fashion, then perhaps you should not be speaking to them at all.
The thing about Ion is he has somehow built this reputation of being a horrible villain. IN fact, Ion is just like you and me, accept he is a little more intense about his passions. So ION thinks that he could have been an Olympic Champion had he started as a youth. What do you (the plural you - not Karen) care? Why does ANYONE make ION's business their own? We all have out idiosyncrasies, that is what keeps life interesting!
Finally, Karen, you say that you did not start this thread to throw darts at ION but then you go and tell him to "SHUT UP." Clearly you have hostility towards him and it seems a little silly to insist that you were not antagonizing Ion by starting this thread.
