"He who glorifies himself will be condemned(by others obviously!), while he who humbles himself will be glorified(by others as well obviously!)"
Source: Universal book of morality and ethics!
It isn't very hard for any educated or even non educated person to understand the above quote. Is there anybody, or creature, since the beginning of time who had glorified himself/itself and not be condemned at some or all points in time subsequently? Is there anybody or creature? Can anybody name me somebody or some creature? I think you will find, in all history, whether in sports, politics, business or any other domain of life, as well as the animal kingdom(!), nobody and no creature who has glorified himself/itself with IMPUNITY! NOBODY! NO CREATURE! Again, if this is not true, just as I am not infallible, let it be known to us here that we may be forced to do what we do best: ANALYSE!
Without further ado, the couple of us would like to introduce one of the most humble schoolboy athletes of all time, who also happened to be extremely gifted in distance running with regards to local schoolboy standards, though not as gifted as the other secretly brewing talent from out of Australia--Lui Yuan Chow(8:50 3k and 3:58 1500m, while 16 years of age!).
But this will do for our purposes for now: his name is Jeffrey Ng, and our goal is to glorify NOT THE MAN, but the MORALS AND ETHICS the man carries! We want to make this absolutely and decisively clear! The man is disposable, for it could have been any other man, and man derives from the transient state of the disposable flesh that will soon wither away, whereas morals and ethics do not dispose ever, it exists in abstract spirit-like form that cannot die because it is not of the flesh, and men must always strive to not dispose with morals and ethics although his tendency is to be tempted to dispose with them! Once this is clear enough to understand, let us furnish you with the link to the website of our current local national marathon record holder, who is himself another very humble man: Murugiah Rameshon!
http://rameshon-m.blogspot.sg/2016/04/about-jeffrey-ng-3000m-heats-in.html
Once you are on the site, the story of one of the most, if not the most humble schoolboy athlete to ever grace the distance running scene in Singapore, becomes very clear, but maybe we shall just highlight one totally mind-bending act of humility in Jeffrey Ng. This man had qualified as one of the candidates of President Scholarship, the nation's most prestigious award. Mind you, he had been selected by peers and teachers to run for the award, as a result of his absolutely good running results and even better academic A level results. But guess what, and this is extremely mind-boggling even for us---Jeffrey turned down the offer to try running for the award by SECRETLY not turning up for an interview all candidates were required to grace. How is that possible for somebody his age(then 18!), in the prime of his life and probably also on the cusp of some greatness whom everybody would think would be looking for the greatest and most advantageous benefit for his future endeavors, DARED TO TURNED DOWN AN OFFER OF SUCH MAGNITUDE?!! Unless the boy was deranged with a dose of psychosis, which he clearly doesn't just exhibit, then we can only look for more humbler explanations----Jeffrey was too clearly self-effacing, perhaps even balking at the idea that there should even be an awards ceremony for being great at sports and studies, perhaps for fear that such flattery might condemn him to egotistical and narcissistic views about himself in future? And maybe other presidential candidates would do better to mimic his mindsets and attitudes towards successes and achievements! We are simply brainstorming the origins of humble undertakings! We are not sure what really happened in that little teenage box wonderland atop Jeffrey's shoulders, and if we placed ourselves in his shoes, we would be thinking exactly the way we suggested, perhaps!
By all accounts as well, a good protege must have been laser-guided by an equally good, if not better, master---marathon record holder Murugiah Rameshon! This man might have retired from competitive distance running, but the beauty out of this man's achievements was his ability to STAY CONSTANT with regards to the upholding of almost perfect ethics and morals, foremost of which was humility. He could never boast a word of his training or race performance. You may say he was not talented for boasting, but whatever you call it, he was universally humble at the end of the day. And then we know from humility must spring truthfulness, love, patience, faith, trust, forgiveness, courage and justice/equity. There was no doubt throughout the career and life of Rameshon in general, there was always an abundance of these virtues of which we speak, from all the accounts and anecdotes we have gathered from mutual friends, friends of friends, and current SEA Games marathon finalist Ashley Liew, from as many as 20-30 years!
We sincerely hope that all athletes from any sport can learn from Jeffrey Ng and Murugiah Rameshon and glorify ethical and moral outcomes in their pursuits of sporting excellence, and if one sees errant behavior, or any suggestion of errant behavior from any athlete, one should sound the alarm bells and hyperbolize the possible consequences of such behaviors, so that the particular athlete has overwhelmingly no illusions of the severe magnitudes of his/her actions on his/her personal and public lives, and others' as well----seeing that youth and even adult athletes are constantly looking out the window for a role model to copy!
We are disappointed with Ruiyong's dogmatic insistence in running the London marathon despite his most serious injury yet. We totally do not endorse his participation on this back of an injury episode, that for all intents and purposes, definitely hasn't recovered 100% upon 100%! There are consequences for what we believe is a foolhardy decision, and you and I are forced to contemplate that now!
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