TJM ... thx so much for the kind note. You're bang on--one of the challenges of the game is how we get so wrapped up in score, our stories, and nonsense that we miss the gift that the game gives us, and it often takes something extraordinary to regain perspective and see them. Thank you!
Thx for the lovely feedback Dave on the newsletter. Like you, I have so much awareness around what goes on within me, but I'm also shocked at how razor-thin the line is between the thought/desire to fling a $300 putter into a pond and the thought that maybe I just better take a breathe (or nine) and put it back in the bag. Take care
Yes, you never beat anger and not sure what elite athlete said that (Mike Tyson perhaps) but awareness, mindfulness, acceptance and gratitude…wish I had learned that one lesson when I started to take the game seriously (in 5th grade/1968). It’s in the learning. I was that pouty boy for a long time-I learned that way back when. I feel I did a decent job of learning to have more awareness and acceptance these last 15 years or so although I had stopped competing by then-maybe that made it easier…What a great game. I love it! Yes, some are two swings away…. Tim, thank you again.
TJM ... thx so much for the kind note. You're bang on--one of the challenges of the game is how we get so wrapped up in score, our stories, and nonsense that we miss the gift that the game gives us, and it often takes something extraordinary to regain perspective and see them. Thank you!
Thx for the lovely feedback Dave on the newsletter. Like you, I have so much awareness around what goes on within me, but I'm also shocked at how razor-thin the line is between the thought/desire to fling a $300 putter into a pond and the thought that maybe I just better take a breathe (or nine) and put it back in the bag. Take care
Outstanding insights. Unexpected gifts are always out there on the course, but I miss many of them some days. Thanks for this!
Yes, you never beat anger and not sure what elite athlete said that (Mike Tyson perhaps) but awareness, mindfulness, acceptance and gratitude…wish I had learned that one lesson when I started to take the game seriously (in 5th grade/1968). It’s in the learning. I was that pouty boy for a long time-I learned that way back when. I feel I did a decent job of learning to have more awareness and acceptance these last 15 years or so although I had stopped competing by then-maybe that made it easier…What a great game. I love it! Yes, some are two swings away…. Tim, thank you again.