Foolish Cat March 24th, 2008

Part of taking life up a notch, in my opinion, is recognizing greatness where it exists and taking away whatever we can to use for ourselves. Even if it is in something we have no interest in or understanding of, the attitudes and behaviors of greatness can be extracted. You don’t have to care about physics or understand relativity to recognize Einstein’s greatness.

Neither do you have to care about or understand golf to recognize and learn from the greatness of Tiger Woods.

Settle down, I’m not saying that Woods’ accomplishments and prowess are as important to humanity as Einstein’s, but I do believe that he has achieved a level of consciousness in his particular field that is seen very rarely in a lifetime. Just because it’s sports doesn’t make it any less remarkable.

In a culture of airbrushes and lip synching, it’s become increasingly difficult to recognize the quality of purity; so when it comes along, you better recognize. There is no gimmick, no enhancement, and no excessive hype (okay, maybe a little), to account for the success of woods; instead, he has dominated a sport that is indomitable.

He lost today for the first time in a while, and the whole time I was rooting against him. I am no Tiger lover - I always pull for the guy closest to him to step up and take it away (they almost never do). But every time I watch him I know I am witnessing pure, measurable greatness.

How often do you get to experience that on a daily, weekly, or yearly basis? How often in a lifetime? Your grandkids won’t care about the music you liked or the movies you saw or who won American Idol in 2008, but I guarantee they’ll ask about Tiger.

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