I’m not a golfer, but what this photo made me think was, if this is where the ball landed, this is where the golfer will have to play it. The rules state you play the ball from where you find it. No point moaning or groaning or wishing it was somewhere else. It is where it is and you have to play it.
That reminded me of an old joke where someone asks how to get to a particular town, and the response is “Oh, if I was going there, I wouldn’t start from here!”
Not helpful!
Thing is, you have to start from where you are. You can wish you were somewhere else. You can even wish you were SOMEONE else! But that won’t help.
Does that seem harsh?
Because, actually, it turns out, there’s a lot of grief in wishing it were different, or resenting that it isn’t different, from what it is.
You have to take the play – HERE and NOW.
You can only make choices in the PRESENT. There’s no joy in living in the world of past hurts and grievances or in the world of future what ifs and maybes…..
Heroes Not Zombies 