FAINT BUT PURSUING

Whenever I'm deserted, fatigued and discouraged: I'll just take a deep breath. Calm myself and ask, but why are you getting worried over this again, C'mon, play hard to be heard.

The Story of Tiger Woods.

First, it was an accident that almost took his life.

Then came a globally celebrated sex scandal that lead to an endless can of worms and culminated in a broken marriage.
Next, one after the other, every brand that had endorsed the golf legend came to strip him of their association.
Then the expected happens, he slides deeply into drinking and drugs. A habit that wouldn't stay hidden after a DUI arrest and public embarrassment.
In all of these, professional performance was on the
decline for 5 straight years since 2013 no throphy came his way.
Not to mention 4 spinal surgeries.
The TIGER had lost his fight and the big cat now had his neck deep in the WOODS.
Tiger woods...from hero to zero.
What would he do now? Take his place among the "has beens", get drowned in drug use until he makes the news yet again as another celebrity overdosed?
The decision he took despite the pain, losses, loneliness, embarrassment and shame is the reason I bring you this motivation this morning.
He choose not to stay down. Non of the calamities above had what it took to make him feel finished.
Tiger wood fought.
He fought with everything he had which began with a public apology, then therapy, then an every day personal push with almost no one in his corner but he woke up every day staring at where he used to be with the aim to make his return.
The outcome? September 23, 2018. Return? He did.
After 1,876 days, he showed that you can get right back to where you want to.
He reclaimed his title, beating 30 players including 18 of the top 20 world best ranked golf players.
At 42, with his 80th victory, he is the new king of the golf course with $4.6m to show for this one win.
He cried from a place of joy. Real happy tears.
The kind that can be yours if you only believe that nothing deserves to hold you down.
Tiger woods is no super human.
The same decision, disposition, discipline, dedication and determination he used is yours for the taking.
If he can beat these odds, what is holding you down?

THE SPEAKER AND HIS AUDIENCE

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $100 bill. He asked his students,
“Who would like this $100 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to
give it to one of you – but first, let me do this.”
He proceeded to crumple the 100 dollar note up.
He then asked. “Now, who still wants it?” Still, the hands were up in the air. “What if I do, what if I do this?” He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. “Who wants it now?” Still, the hands went into the air.
“My dear students, I’ve just shown you a very important lesson.
No matter what I did to this money, you still wanted it because it never lost its worth. It’s still worth $100.
There are many times in our lives when we feel like life has crumpled us up and ground us into the dirt.
We may make some bad decisions or have to deal with some poor circumstances and sometimes life can make us feel worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your worth, you never lose your value – don’t ever forget that.”