The Godly Golf Guru

We live in a cynical world with completely self-absorbed people who will do almost anything to “fill the void” in their life. I fall victim to this cliche at times, too. I think we all do at some time or another. We all have the capacity to do evil, and we all have the capacity for good. What was the famous quote? “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in this world is for good men to do nothing” ? Forgive me if I misquoted, but I think about this quote a lot. I often think about quotes, and this one seems timely as I think about self-absorbed people who seem so miserable. They have no peace of mind. It’s a terrible thing to live with no peace or to live in fear of something. I think we all have good in us, and we need to stop making excuses for why we don’t use it. Maybe we’re afraid to lose what makes us “special” as people cling to the attention that is received with self-pity and pity from others. I think being angry, rebellious, depressed or whatever you want to call it, doesn’t make anybody special or attention-worthy, it just makes them miserable. Life is hard enough, why add to the tragedy? The only thing that’s going to fill the void is something REAL, an acknowledgment that there are things bigger than ourselves out there. The answer is easy - GOD. Half the World won’t admit it, because half the World simply does not want to DEAL WITH THIER WICKEDNESS. It’s the oldest trick in the freakin book: “Man, I have to feel guilty about doing terrible things? Well, if I just don’t believe that what I’m doing is terrible, or what I’m doing has any consequences, then, hey, I feel no guilt!!” WRONG. I learned a long time ago that we don’t get to decide what is right or wrong, for truth is not relative. People can think all they want that certain things are ok, but that in no way changes truth. The opposite of peace of mind is a guilty conscience. I believe there are people who have so screwed up their morals that they do not feel guilty about what they do anymore, so they may think they have peace of mind, but I assure you they are the emptiest of all. True happiness comes from self-realization, faith in Salvation, and living a purpose-driven life of meaning. Without these things, what else do we have? Wether you believe in life after death or not, either way we can take NOTHING with us when we die. The only thing we have are people, souls, relationships. Time out for an honesty-check. I (the person writing this) have a lot of cool “things”, I don’t worry about money, and I have had some terrible family experiences. I tell you this to put things in perspective. Everyone has their own sad story. everyone goes through pain and hardship - this doesn’t excuse anything. All we can do is use the pain to make things better. If not then we, as the quote says, are letting evil triumph. We know who wins the battle in the end. I want to be there in the end. I want to be on the winning side. I want to bear witness to the end of evil, because that SOB has done enough to my family and me.

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