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I am delighted to report that my two teams from the University of Toronto did an amazing job at the Osgoode Hall Law School National Undergrad Mooting Competition! I had such fun helping them to prepare and, in turn, my volunteering taught me a lot. I have once again learned the value of gold.

My newest friends worked so hard. And we had so many laughs along the way. It is always an amazing thing to me that I will meet up with four strangers sometime in January, as I have done each of the past four years, to talk about the law. They, strangers to the law. Me, strangers to them. We built a team and a solid spirit that has us cheering each other from the sidelines of our life and hugging tightly no matter the result. And we laughed.

Every experience to me is a learning one. I believe that one of my teams should have made first place (well, they both couldn’t!) But since they made it into third place, I remembered a study that had been done of silver medalists at the Olympics. Interestingly enough, according to the study, silver medalists are not as happy with their medal standing as the bronze medalists are. Intuitively, it makes sense. It is always harder to come second – right in front of you on the gold platform is the proof of what could have been. The bronze was just happy enough to be on the platform! You have proven to be worthy of the platform -- and the color of the medal doesn’t matter.

No matter their standing in the Osgoode Moot, my team this year was gold. I have a favourite book, “The Outsiders”, that talks about how one has to “stay gold”. Though nature cannot stay gold, according to the poem by Robert Frost, the book inspires the thought that humans can aspire to stay gold. They can stay gold by believing in themselves; by taking the right path no matter how life might push them astray; they can help others with a kind hand or a healing heart; they can offer unconditional support to each other; and they can give the gift of laughter or poetry or sound or comfort. That is what it means to stay gold.

Garenee, Mike, Peter, and Sarah: You are Gold. In two short months, you delivered to me the power to believe in you, in your future, and in your dreams. And, most importantly, we learned and laughed together. You can and you will Stay Gold.

And, if ever you feel somewhat tarnished by life, call me. After all, you have promised to be part of my life forever with this picture (readers: check the sign on the podium!)

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