The Rhetoric of Tiger Woods -- Buddhist Golf Man

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[Video at 13:25] BUDDHISM ? -- YIKES !!

[Excerpts]  “ ... I recognize I have brought this on myself. And I know, above all, I am the one who needs to change. I owe it to my family to become a better person. I owe it to those closest to me to become a better man. That's where my focus will be. I have a lot of work to do. I tend to dedicate myself to doing it. Part of following this path for me is Buddhism which my mother taught me at a young age. People probably don't realize it but I was raised a Buddhist and practiced my faith until I drifted away from it. This teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously, I lost track of what I was taught."

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Therapy, Rehab ? -- Double YIKES !!

“ ... As I move forward, I will continue to receive help because I have learned that's how people really do change. Starting tomorrow, I will leave for more treatment and more therapy. I would like to thank my friends at Accenture and the players in the field this week for understanding why I am making these remarks today. In therapy, I have learned the importance of looking at my spiritual life and keeping in balance with my professional life. I need to regain my balance and be centered so I can save the things most important to me, my marriage and my children. That also means relying on others for help. I have learned to seek support from my peers in therapy and someday hope to return that support to others who are seeking help ... " (Woods, T. Excerpts retrieved today by PD)

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My Carpenter Prayer

by Pat Darnell

Make my tools true
and strong
My hands to never tremble
construct never wrong

Make this house
a dwelling of peace
on foundation of rock

Walls square, plumb
with roof that
sheds tears
from the world

Walls that allow
peaceful slumber
... no makeshift doors
no rotten lumber

Make only doors
hinged for my
Prince of Peace

Plane blessingson
this dwelling
with hope, charity
and a garden of faith surround
Amen.
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Go Ahead

by Pat Darnell

Go ahead, blame God
for knowing
all the eventualities

Blame God
for putting ban
on human contact
Blame God
for planting
seed of choice

Blame God
for putting His
face upon you

Blame God
for leavening
of Man

Blame God
for the understatement
that is Christ

Go ahead, blame God
if you must
but do it
with all you are

I say, do it
with your all.

This Just In :: From Field Correspondent Vinnie Visconti

Challenge: Read only if you have time for God

V.V.  |  Wisconsin  |  03.25.2010
  God, when I received the following e-mail, I thought... I don't have time for this... And, this is really inappropriate during work.

Then, I realized this kind of thinking is "exactly," what has caused a lot of the problems with our world today.

We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning...

Maybe, Sunday night...

And, the unlikely event of a midweek service.

We do like to have Him around during sickness....

And, of course, at funerals.

However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play? Because.. That's part of our lives we think we can, and should, handle on our own.

We must always have time to remember all HE has done for us.

Jesus said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.'

Not ashamed?

Pass on the Good News -- "Yes, I do Love God! HE is my source of existence and Savior."

He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I will be nothing. But, with Christ, HE strengthens me. (Phil 4:13)

This is the simplest test. If You Love God... And, are not ashamed of all the marvelous things HE has done for you... Then tell ten people how you got the message!

Now do you have the time to pass it on?

(Mr Visconti is single, while today lives and works in Wisconsin, but has lived in many places including Illinois, Texas, and Florida. He is currently contemplating making another extended visit to Foggia, Italy, where he has fifty-three cousins, aunts and uncles -- at last count.) ed. pd

Steadfast

God's Wings

After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage.

One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree.

Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he gently struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother's wings.

The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise.

She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast....because she had been willing to die, so those under the cover of her wings would live.

'He will cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you will find refuge.' (Psalm 91:4)

Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have. You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone Special.

To realize the value of a Friend...lose one.

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