Rodent Regatta

”No one causes you to feel that way. You choose to feel that way in response to another.” Bunk. Explanation coming.

”People who show emotion are not stable people.” Bunk again.

Sure, we can all become stoics. Let’s think about how much fun that would be. What if I could simply march through a day, happy-go-lucky, rejoicing in all that was happening. Then, someone close to me rips my heart out and stomps on it before my eyes before it stops beating. I’m left to ”choose” how I want to respond.

Remember, I was going along happily. Until I came in contact with this individual my day was ok. Then, boom! You’re telling me that s/he isn’t in some way accountable for dealing devastation?

You’re telling me that responding – not in kind, mind you – but, responding nonetheless with a modicum of emotion makes me the unstable person? I think not.

Fred Couples showed emotion after a long, uphill battle to return to the upper echelons of competitive golf. That’s an incredibly difficult thing to do. Golf is a game of emotions. Managing emotion is the key to playing golf successfully! Fred’s path hasn’t been free of turmoil.

Today, this clown used his own radio program to make fun of Couples for showing some emotion after winning the Houston Open yesterday. Not only was it a heartless thing to do, but it was done in a way that was factually inaccurate. Woloshin simply didn’t tell the story the way it happened and was broadcast on national television.

People are so anxious to be popular or right or to get attention that they lose all perspective when it comes to how they treat another. We have so few opportunities in a lifetime to truly reach out to someone for good. Why would we use even a single one of those to do harm, be neglectful or sow divisiveness?