This reminds me of my favorite golf story. Some fellows who had never seen golf played before were watching one golfer struggling on the course. He first hit the ball into the trees and took several strokes to get out. Then the ball went into a sand trap and it took him many more shots to get it out, but he finally got it into the hole. One of the fellows said, “Oh! He’s really stuck now. He will never get it out of that hole!”
Both the cartoon and the story are great illustrations of how our minds make stories to explain what we see in the world.
May 17, 2018
Golf is something I want to try. But I have tried golf with a we (I know that not correct spelling) game and I can hit a ball stright with we game.
Coffee is on
I tried golf on the Wii once, but didn’t do very well. 😀
I tried years ago – really felt I needed something else to do with my time. Shorthand for wasn’t very good at it ?
The Golfer (who is on the links three times a week) tried the Wii once – never again. I’m not sure what happened but he did his back in!!
Wow! Backs are finicky and golf can strain them, as poor Tiger is well aware.
I was an avid golfer till my hips gave up on me. I was fairly good at it too and now I share golf jokes with my golfer friends. I would not like to share them here!
It seems your experiences still come in handy, even if you had to give up golf.
It’s all about perspective. And a pessimistic outlook, of course!
And realizing our view of reality is necessarily simplified. Sometimes that works great, sometimes it helps to re-evaluate.
Sometimes it’s almost maddening when people view something in an entirely different way.
Maddening because then it has to be explained.
But then again, sometimes it’s very enlightening.
To view a situation through another’s eyes.
Communication isn’t always easy!
definitely a lot of assumptions can come to the fore…
It’s nice to keep in mind.
Presumably they were also wondering why they couldn’t find the nineteenth hole.
🙂
Golf is a unique sport. It can be played when we are young and athletic and also played well into our later years. It has a unique position as a social sport where there is ample time between shots to get to know your fellow competitors and yet it can be a solitary and almost zen like experience to be the only one out on the course. It has equal ability to alleviate stress and cause it. I think it is the kind of sport that gives you back exactly what you put into it and a worthwhile endeavor for anyone to learn.
A lot of people love it, but it’s hard on the back for us old folks.