If President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address leaves you concerned for the union’s actual state, you can reassure yourself by watching a clip of 20-year-old Alysa Liu skating with her individual gold medal across the ice at the Winter Olympics, an American flag around her shoulders.
She is incandescent with a joy that transcends simply besting the other skaters. She is not so much about being a winner as simply being herself in the fullest, most exultant sense, then conveying it to others.
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