Tiger Woods put yourself in his shoes

Tiger Woods is a guy who has had it all. Put yourself in his shoes and imagine the lifetime of extreme discipline that he perfected – never taking his eye off the ball. Then one day, his father, the mentor who was his guiding light dies May 3, 2006.

With no mentor the Tiger became a tiger. That’s what happens when a person lives a life that is out of balance. At some point we have to work it out. In Tiger’s case being a super star athlete put him in the worse possible position to explore his deficiencies.

Obviously, he missed out on his personal development skills. This is not usually a big deal for any one else, but for Tiger Woods it’s not a option. People need this hero so badly that they turned him into a commodity, not a person. Put yourself in his shoes. This is totally unrealistic and out of balance for anyone’s journey here in this life.

Have we learned nothing from those before him like; Marilyn Monroe and Michael Jackson. Were they supposed to just live a life as a commodity that everyone desired, expected and demanded? Each one of these larger-than-life icons were not over rated, but over branded. This is why others like Tina Turner, Lionel Richie and Madonna moved out of this country.

Our lesson in all of this is to look for the hero within. This is not a fantasy, it is the only reality. Of course, it is so easy to miss this opportunity with the barrage of marketing madness cleverly directed at us by using these people as commodities to endorse their stuff that they want us to buy.

Maybe Tiger Woods lost the only real person in his life when his father died? Until that happened he may have never realized just how valuable that one person was who believed in him and loved him for who he was before all the wealth and fame came his way. Is it even possible for Tiger Woods to find just one person who accepts him like that again? This is something that many people ask themselves at one time or another in their life, but for a high profile person like this the odds are really against him.

We at Channeled Readings, LLC are not golf fans or sport fans of any kind. However, this cycle of someone who has achieved so much and who is made into an icon by society who eventually tears them down off the pedestal they put them on is a sickness in our society. This may be the reason that so many people have a fear of success – this too could happen to you.

So, put yourself in Tiger’s shoes, have some compassion and through this awareness see how your life consistently improves.

Linda Deir, manager

Channeled Readings, LLC