Doyce McIlveene 25 April 2005 20:28:58 [ permanent link ]
"Billy Hutchison" <billy.hutchison@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1114434480.809409.26340@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...> I got a call last night from a friend who wanted to come over and talk.> Seems he got a Dear John letter from the girlfriend who was close to> becoming fiancee, and he needed some time to vent. We retired to my> garage and smoked a lot of cigarettes and drank some scotch and talked> about this and that. And I realized something. He's gotta grieve, but> eventually he'll have to move on.>
Just like golf. He's a non-golfer, but I'm trying to convert him. And I> told him - "Y'know one of the things about golf...after a shot has> happened, good or bad, you have to forget it and move forward, only> thinking about your next shot. What has already happened on the course> has happened, and you cannot undo it. You can only react to the result> and move on. How you react and handle the situation is up to you.">
Strange that a simple truism for this silly game would have so much> applicability. Which got me thinking. What other pearls of wisdom from> golf have you been able to apply to life outside golf?
Golf isn't a fair game and neither is life. One can hit the best shot in the world and have the ball hit something such as a twig or other loose impediment and wind up in a hazard or other nasty place through no fault of one's action(s). Just as in life, circumstance can alter one's best actions into something less than desirable. It's how one reacts to such circumstances that define one's character. Let those circumstances get the best of you or try and figure out the best way to overcome them.
Matt 'Ocho' Aamold 25 April 2005 20:54:27 [ permanent link ]
Billy Hutchison wrote:> I got a call last night from a friend who wanted to come over and talk.> Seems he got a Dear John letter from the girlfriend who was close to> becoming fiancee, and he needed some time to vent. We retired to my> garage and smoked a lot of cigarettes and drank some scotch and talked> about this and that. And I realized something. He's gotta grieve, but> eventually he'll have to move on.>
Just like golf. He's a non-golfer, but I'm trying to convert him. And I> told him - "Y'know one of the things about golf...after a shot has> happened, good or bad, you have to forget it and move forward, only> thinking about your next shot. What has already happened on the course> has happened, and you cannot undo it. You can only react to the result> and move on. How you react and handle the situation is up to you.">
Strange that a simple truism for this silly game would have so much> applicability. Which got me thinking. What other pearls of wisdom from> golf have you been able to apply to life outside golf?>
"Doyce McIlveene" <dbmcilveene@cox.net> wrote in message news:EY8be.24252$up2.15516@okepread01...> "Billy Hutchison" <billy.hutchison@gmail.com> wrote in message> news:1114434480.809409.26340@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...> > Strange that a simple truism for this silly game would have so much> > applicability. Which got me thinking. What other pearls of wisdom from> > golf have you been able to apply to life outside golf?>
Golf isn't a fair game and neither is life. One can hit the best shot in
world and have the ball hit something such as a twig or other loose> impediment and wind up in a hazard or other nasty place through no fault
one's action(s). Just as in life, circumstance can alter one's best
actions> into something less than desirable. It's how one reacts to such> circumstances that define one's character. Let those circumstances get the> best of you or try and figure out the best way to overcome them.
My favorite golf/life carryover saying is "Expect the Unexpected."
-- Scott D. Newell (newellatwsu@adelphia.net) Washington State University "That shot is impossible!...Jack Nicholson himself couldn't make it!"-- Homer Simpson
On 25 Apr 2005 06:08:00 -0700, "Billy Hutchison" <billy.hutchison@gmail.com> wrote:
I got a call last night from a friend who wanted to come over and talk.> Seems he got a Dear John letter from the girlfriend who was close to> becoming fiancee, and he needed some time to vent. We retired to my> garage and smoked a lot of cigarettes and drank some scotch and talked> about this and that. And I realized something. He's gotta grieve, but> eventually he'll have to move on.>
Just like golf. He's a non-golfer, but I'm trying to convert him. And I> told him - "Y'know one of the things about golf...after a shot has> happened, good or bad, you have to forget it and move forward, only> thinking about your next shot. What has already happened on the course> has happened, and you cannot undo it. You can only react to the result> and move on. How you react and handle the situation is up to you.">
Strange that a simple truism for this silly game would have so much> applicability. Which got me thinking. What other pearls of wisdom from> golf have you been able to apply to life outside golf?
