Entitlement Trap

There’s something new in town. Golf simulators allow one to practice on a driving range or to play one of over 2,800 digital replicas of real golf courses.  Weather is no longer a problem. One team can play against another in-house or even internationally online. A player can see the analytics of ball trajectory, speed, and distance, the swing speed and more.  

Since it’s been decades, I was primarily interested in the practice tees. I was nervous. There was a good chance that this once-upon-a-time low handicap golfer would spend some time whiffing the ball. There was little chance that anything resembling earlier abilities would be revealed. 

We Become – a New Mantra

1. “We are our choices.” Jean-Paul Sartre
2. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. “Decisions shape our lives more than circumstances.” Steven Covey
4. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23

Most will see a pattern when reading the first three quotes but will question how the fourth dovetails with the others.