Golf

I just got back from playing a round of golf here in Florida. Once agin I was confused by this game. I played the same course on Friday and I was horrible. I could not find any part of my better golf game. Today everything came together. One day one part of my golf game can be good and it can be the worst part the next day. The minute you think you have everything figured out, humility is close at hand. I have learned a lot from settling into my golf hobby. Never get too excited about the great days and never get too down from the bad ones. I love the game because it is so challenging to develop anything called consistency. People who don't play the game think it must be boring because you do the same thing every time, but it is never the same from day to day. Your play can change, the wind and weather change, the position of the tees and the hole on the green can change and the whole experience changes with all those many things. You think you are doing everything right and the results can be great one day and terrible the next.

Life is so much like the golf experience. Without changing anything you do, life can change in an instant. We need to go with the flow because if we think we have life under control, like with golf, we will be humbled. I have come to see that it is not a bad thing. Even the most frustrating days on a golf course can create positive lessons. Life is like that as well, we take life lessons from all circumstances and I hope we come to know that tomorrow can look very different than today. Learning how to adapt to a changing life situation is an important part of the journey. We can be crippled if we think life must always fit in a neat controlled pattern, because life inevitably goes out of our control. For me God is the one constant that supports me as I travel this meandering journey. God does not make me immune to the changes and chances of life, but God does make me immune to being crippled by the changes and chances in this game of life.