NCAA: Jim Valvano and the improbable championship of North Carolina State in 1983 | Opinion
On that evening, seeing Valvano run joyfully onto the court in celebration, his arms extended as if to embrace his whole team — the whole sport — at once, no one could have anticipated that a mere decade later, at 47, he would succumb to cancer. His ESPY speech was not just a plea to fight cancer. It contained a remarkable depth of wisdom about how to lead a meaningful life.To me, there are three things that we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives.
The experience of tears might not seem so desirable. Formed by his Italian origins, Valvano describes being moved to tears and not just by sorrow but also by happiness or joy. One of the afflictions of our time, particularly in the post-COVID world, is lack of affect, an absence of emotion. Teachers across the country and at every level report encounters with students who are suffering from a kind of emotional malaise. To be moved greatly is part of what it means to live a fully human life.
To give ourselves to sustained thought, in conversation about important matters, or in reading a novel, frees us from the tyranny of the present moment. It reminds us that we are creatures born with a capacity to wonder. We can marvel at many things, as Valvano himself clearly did — everything from excellence in athletics to what it means to lead a flourishing human life.
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