Seeing Shaun White's expression when he discovered he won gold in South Korea moments ago was a revelation.

The visual manifestation of an emotion no words could ever approach.

Giving decades of your life in pursuit of this one thing.

Having the calendar marked years in advance.

Not just practicing, but engaging in deliberate practice.

Honing and honing and honing the same action over and over and over again.

The patience, the humility, the discipline, the commitment.

Speechless, dumbfounded, overwhelmig.

On cloud nine just from witnessing it.

Life is so precious. Get out and take it. Dream, dream and make it.

Congratulations, Shaun. You are a beacon.