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Family Forum / Marriage / Divorce / August 2007No right decision
I got to thinking the other day while I was golfing... you know those situations where you're in a bind and about the only choices you have are bad and worse, the rock-and-the-hard-space thing. You have a choice, sure, but do you want to be the fish or the worm? Both are gonna get eaten. So it makes me wonder, if nothing you do is right, does that mean nothing you do is wrong? Like since there ~is~ no right answer, how can you be wrong? Every action is wrong, ergo every action is right. Just like in golf -- every shot sucks, but you made contact with the ball, so they're all good shots. Mondays kill me... - Saul > Just like in golf every shot sucks, but you made contact with the ball, so they're > all good shots. I realize you might not be reading this --- but, JIC I am a low single digit player. Not every shot in golf sucks; just those poorly struck ones leaving you in a place that you hadn't anticipated (consequence for a poorly struck ball); then requiring the best of bad choices; or let's say taking ones medicine. Golf is a microcosm of our lives, starting with the first decision; which tees' to play? From then on it's about keeping the eye on the goal while acknowledging worse possible outcome based on one's skill, choosing the optimal; then how you handle facing the mess you got yourself there after; that's the real tell for all to see. Unthought out bad choice after bad choice letting the surroundings affect outcome. Now, I am off to play golf with some friends today...  SignatureSD:) "Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.(A.E.)" My disclaimer: I can say, but can't make you see...(S.D.) >I realize you might not be reading this --- but, JIC I am a low single >digit player. Not every shot in golf sucks; just those poorly struck [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Now, I am off to play golf with some friends today... One could also say that No-Limit Hold 'em Poker is a good analogy for life. 1. It takes years to become a skilled player. 2. No matter what your skill level, some days you are just dealt hands that you can't win with. 3. Periodically, opportunities arise to 'go for it' where you can win big. 4. Over the long haul, your overall experience will be based on your ability to foretell good decisions. 5. Patience is a virtue. 6. Sometimes you can bluff your way out of trouble. >>I realize you might not be reading this --- but, JIC I am a low single >>digit player. Not every shot in golf sucks; just those poorly struck [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > 5. Patience is a virtue. > 6. Sometimes you can bluff your way out of trouble. BAH!!! Hockey is life, the rest is details. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > One could also say that No-Limit Hold 'em Poker is a good analogy for > life. I disagree - and, not because I think golf is life's answer; its just that golf faces each player with "situations similar in nature" to what they might face in their normal life. Poker and Hockey doesn't remotely do that; as I've experience since learning to play poker and played hockey as a farm kid in the mid-west. Golf faces each player regardless of skill with a obstacles and conditions requiring acknowledgement, then assessment, followed by decision, then "execution" of skill working towards a optimum strokes per hole and the holes vary on all course with the rules remaining the same. Golf doesn't deal anyone obstacles that can't be dealt with, there is a solution for all. Which isn't the case with poker or hockey when the 3 best players are out. Poker, on the other hand comes down to you either win or loose based on some judgement, guesstimating, and some luck, and ability to read tells and or counting cards (known as cheating). Each poker game offers limited number of choices, and a game can be over is minutes not allowing one to minimize the outcome. In golf, there's NEVER a winner against a golf course; which is who we play in a tournament. Yes, there's some luck but, it's not nearly as prevalent as when playing any type of card game. In golf, we "can't" go for it either, NO matter how good we are; and can't bluff the golf course or an obstacle. ;-) Hockey is like football (which I played for 7yrs), baseball, soccer and other team sports - regardless of how good one person is at their chosen task - winning or loosing is the result of team effort and if others succeed or fail at their individual tasks. SignatureSD:) "Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.(A.E.)" My disclaimer: I can say, but can't make you see...(S.D.) |
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