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It was also that summer when I picked up a golf club for the first time and began a new journey. I didn't realize how important that summer would be. How much passion I carried to smack a little white ball around a manicured park with a metal stick. Seems so silly somehow and yet, there it is, a passion of the heart. A desire that never went away. A dream left behind for decades and once again recovered from the depths of my years.
I have learned over the past few seasons that passion (or dreams/desires of the heart) have a weight to bare in our lives. There is a cost if we are to pursue them. There are moments of great exaltation as we expect, and then there are the moments like today when it's windy, rainy and cool that I would prefer to laz around and enjoy a good movie. But it just can't be. I am driven to go. I want this and I want Montreal. I want to make that breakthrough on to the big stage.
This morning I starred out the window for a good five minutes talking myself into going to the course. I am about to finish this piece and then I'm out the door. I'm driven to go places I never thought I could. To reach down into the depths of my game and discover hidden secrets and little known places that have been reserved for me. Places I can only find on days like today and next week in tournament.
It's on the playing field of tournaments that we ultimately discover our game. No matter if it's golf or writing or opening a new business. All the practice must be there, yet it's in the doing of it that we get to see who we really be.
Today is a good day. I bet I learn something new. At least that's what I'm expecting.
Hit'em hard and look up,
Byron
2 comments:
Byron, I really needed to hear/read these words today. I was going to leave my comment at that, but knowing you; you will want to know WHICH words I am talking about. Right?
So..."Seems so silly somehow and yet, there it is, a passion of the heart. A desire that never went away. A dream left behind for decades and once again recovered from the depths of my years."
"There is a cost if we are to pursue them."
"I'm driven to go places I never thought I could. To reach down into the depths of my game and discover hidden secrets and little known places that have been reserved for me"
"All the practice must be there, yet it's in the doing of it that we get to see who we really be."
I am applying all of these words to my desire to write, better, truer and more. Thank you, I was feeling very discouraged and silly for my pursuit.
Hi Suzzzz....you're amazing! So glad you are on your journey and we get to follow it.
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