The people of Fiji are known to be the happiest people on earth. This joy has been accentuated by the two Olympic gold medals won by the Fiji rugby team who won in Brazil in 2006, and repeated again in Tokyo a few months ago. When they won the gold medal in Tokyo, all the players knelt down in the middle of the stadium and sang the national anthem of Fiji. As they huddled together, they sang a Gospel song, said a prayer and thanked God in gratitude for their victory. The team’s captain Jerry Tuwai said ‘We always start with a prayer and a song, and always end with a prayer. Our song says that our God is a God who loves, and even though we avoid our responsibility, He still loves us, and gives us what is best for us.' Let us learn from the Fiji rugby team to always be grateful and be happy, even though we may never win any gold medals.
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