Who needs to pay thousands of dollars to book a flight to Australia to see the Great Barrier Reef or fly out to the West Coast of the United States to see migrating whales in the Pacific at sunset to see amazing spectacles.  In fact there are some who should receive a refund from the money they’ve paid to various oceanic tours off the coast of South Africa to witness the feeding frenzies of the world’s second greatest predator, the Great White Shark.

To think, a year ago we celebrated on a regular basis the skills and accomplishments of what we’ve called the world’s greatest golfer in Tiger Woods. But now that we see that he like all of us have feet of clay, we smell blood in the water and with light speed we arrive at the scene of the exposed wound salivating with handkerchiefs and knife and fork prepared to dig our tongues and murderous filled minds to consume the memory of the deity we’ve created. In this struggling economy we should rejoice in the fact that the spectacle of the human predator eclipses that of our million year old oceanic counterpart and it is always free of monetary cost.

Surely Tiger has an addiction and as a result has made grave decisions that can quite possibly change his life and the lives of his wife and children forever. It is also quite clear he like so many has several key character flaws that he must first over come before he can even reap the benefits of so called therapy. Tiger must identify his core beliefs and thought life and truly allow his spiritual connection to his higher God to orchestrate a change for a higher consciousness and destiny. Then and only then does he stand a chance win the trust of anyone, especially his wife and his legacy within his children. Clearly without all the facts and from my vantage point, Tiger’s life has been draped with entitlement and discipline without much need for empathy and accountability.

Our thought life is the most intimate and personal possession we own. Even before we have a spiritual consciousness as children we have our thoughts. If someone steals your wallet and identification, they may be able to assume your identity but they cannot assume your thoughts. Even if you were hit on the head and woke up with amnesia you are still equipped with the privacy of your thoughts. You may not remember who you are but you still can think and form the origin of your next action. Our thoughts are the nucleus of who we are and the epicenter of what we become and our eventual destiny.  We all as well as Tiger must at some point learn to harness our thought life

Now that we’ve heard the result exhaustively let’s pull back from the feast, dab the blood stains from the corners of our mouths with our napkins and walk over to the mirror with a magnifying glass. The search for the flaws in the skin we’re in doesn’t seem nearly as compelling. Self cannibalization suddenly seems less appetizing. We are the freest country on this planet (period). We enjoy opportunities and luxuries that many of us like Tiger will never appreciate until they are challenged or taken away. We hear of roadside bombs and other so called terrorist activities that claim scores of lives and within the time it takes for us to walk to the kitchen our minds are as far away from that news story as the geography that separates us from them.