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Old Saying: What goes around comes around. |
What is the meaning of what comes around goes around?
“What goes around comes around”
or “as you sow, so shall you reap” is the basic understanding of how
karma, the law of cause and effect, works. The word karma literally
means “activity.” Karma can be divided up into a few simple categories —
good, bad, individual and collective.
American skiing star Lindsey Vonn has withdrawn
from her Sunday events at the World Cup in Switzerland after suffering a
back injury during a super-G race on Saturday.
The injury occurred two days after
she criticized President Donald Trump in an interview about the upcoming
Winter Olympics in South Korea.
"I am extremely disappointed," Vonn tweeted Sunday,
"but my biggest goal this season is the Olympics and I need to take care
of myself now so I can be ready for next week, and more importantly,
for February."
On Saturday, Vonn crossed the finish line in obvious
distress, almost one second behind the then-leader, and slumped to the
snow.
Vonn's tentative run after jarring her back early on
placed her 24th, trailing 1.56 seconds behind the surprise winner,
Jasmine Flury of Switzerland. The race was shortened due to strong winds
higher up the mountain.
Vonn stayed in the finish house to be treated, and one
hour later limped slowly into a waiting car to be driven from the St.
Moritz course.
Minutes earlier, her father Alan Kildow told the Associated Press his daughter was "OK."
Vonn tweeted Saturday that she had suffered an "acute facet (spinal joint) dysfunction."
Saturday's race was interrupted several times by gusts
lifting flurries of snow, and Vonn was left standing at the gate as the
No. 4 starter during the first delay of about three minutes. She stayed
warm with a thick jacket draped on her shoulders.
Vonn did not speak with media or fans before getting
into the car, and wore the hood of a United States team jacket up to
shield her face from television cameras tracking her.
The two-time Olympic medalist told CNN in an interview
that aired Thursday that she would "absolutely not" visit the White
House if the United States Olympic team gets a traditional post-games
invitation.
"I was asked my opinion and I gave it," Vonn told
reporters Friday. "I mean, it's not necessarily my place to be sticking
my nose in politics, but as an athlete I do have a voice."
Looking ahead to the Feb. 9-25 Pyeongchang Winter Games
in South Korea, Vonn told CNN she hoped "to represent the people of the
United States, not the president."
Though Vonn did not mention Trump by name, the athlete
activists she said Friday she admired included Colin Kaepernick. The
president has responded to the NFL quarterback by posting
confrontational messages on Twitter.
"People like Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe and Colin
Kaepernick," Vonn said in the post-race interview zone. "There's
definitely been a lot of people that have made their voice heard and
made a positive impact."
"I'm not trying to be negative in any way, I'm trying
to be positive," said the 33-year-old Vonn, whose 77 World Cup race wins
leads the women's all-time list. "All those people have made a positive
impact and hopefully my message does as well."
Vonn told CNN she took the Olympics and "what walking under our flag means in the opening ceremony" very seriously.
"I want to represent our country well," said the
33-year-old skier, who also has seven career world championships medals,
including two gold. "I don't think that there are a lot of people
currently in our government that do that."
The three-race St. Moritz meeting concludes with a double event on Sunday, when gusts of up 37 mph are forecast.
A morning super-G will count first as a standalone
race, then also as the opening run of a combined event with a slalom leg
to follow in the afternoon.