Olympics on my mind

With the Olympic Flame lit and the game opening officially this Friday (July 27), thoughts turn toward excellence and its pursuit. 

This being the year 2012, brings to the fore the Dodekatheon - the Twelve Gods of Olympus made famous in Homeric legends. 

The twelve deities are  Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Dionysus, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus and Hermes. 

Their constant power plays and eventual demise may be the root to the saying mens sana in corpore sano, a sound mind in a sound body - or better yet, anima sana in corpore sano, a healthy soul in a healthy body - to express the concept of a healthy balanced life. 

Divine or not, we all are better off healthy and wise.