SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1994
COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE 1994
FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH
THE MOST POPULAR COMMONWEALTH EVENT THIS YEAR WILL BE THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN VICTORIA, CANADA AND THE LINKED CULTURAL
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WILL FESTIVAL.
WATCH THIS
GREAT
OF CELEBRATION OF ACHIEVEMENT BY REPRESENTATIVES OF COUNTRIES EVERY SIZE AND LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT. MOST OF US, WHETHER WE ARE YOUNG OR
ARE INVOLVED OR INTERESTED IN SPORT AS OLD.
OR AS PARTICIPANTS SPECTATORS. SO IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT SPORT IS THE THEME CHOSEN THIS YEAR'S COMMONWEALTH DAY.
WHEN
FOR
OF
STARS
HEADS THEY MET IN CYPRUS LAST YEAR, THE COMMONWEALTH RECOGNISED
PLAYS THE IMPORTANT PART WHICH SPORT GOVERNMENT
IN OUR
BOTH. AS DEVELOPMENT
INDIVIDUALS AND AS NATIONS. WE MAY BE THE CITIZENS OF A SMALL OR LITTLE-KNOWN COUNTRY BUT, IF OUR COUNTRY IN A SPORT, WE TOO HAVE OUR PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE. IF WE STRIVE TO
OURSELVES, IF WE AIM FOR EVER MORE DIFFICULT IMPROVE
IN GOALS
THE DISCIPLINE OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ENDEAVOUR, WE ARE THE GAINERS.
AS WE PLAY
THE MEMBERS OF A TEAM, WE LEARN TO MAKE OTHER'S STRENGTHS AND MINIMISE EACH OTHER'S WEAKNESSES. WHAT IT IS TO WIN AND TO LOSE AND THE PART THAT LUCK CAN PLAY. ANY WE ONE OF US MAY BE BORN WITH AN OUTSTANDING GOD-GIVEN TALENT WHETHER
WE ENVIRONMENT. COME FROM A PRIVILEGED OR UNDERPRIVILEGED
ADMIRE THOSE WHO DEVELOP THAT TALENT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT. THEY SET AN EXAMPLE OF DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION TO US ALL.
IF
MOST
OF WE FIND
BACH OUT
NOT THE
IS
IS COMPETITION
HARD AND NOT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO СОРВ. EVERYONE HAS WHAT THEY NEED FOR EVEN BASIC SURVIVAL LET ALONE
BUT SPORT SPARE RESOURCES, INCLUDING TIME, FOR ANY KIND OF SPORT. NOT ONLY ABOUT EXCELLENCE; IT IS PERHAPS THE BEST WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE
NATIONALITIES AND LANGUAGES CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OF DIFFERENT
EACH IS ALSO OTHER. SPORT CAN BUILD BRIDGES AND BREAK DOWN BARRIERS; IT ABOUT RELAXATION, ENJOYMENT AND COMPANIONSHIP, WITH SOMETHING IN COMMON TO TALK ABOUT.
OUR
AND
MAKE
LIVES ARE A RACE WE HAVE TO RUN. SOMETIMES THE TRACK
AN IF WE ARE RUNNING ON OUR OWN IT CAN LOOK LIKE ROUGH,
OBSTACLE COURSE.
WR BUT BY HELPING EACH OTHER ALONG IMPOSSIBLE
IT AN EASIER AND FAIRER RACE. AMONG THE FIFTY MEMBERS COMMONWEALTH WE CAN CO-OPERATE AND ENGAGE IN FRIENDLY COMPETITION THE SAME TIME. WE CAN ALSO COMBINE OUR RESOURCES AND ABILITIES MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR EVERYONE. THAT IS INDEED A PRIZE WORTH WINNING.
IS
ALMOST
CAN
OF
THE
AT
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