The Joy of Imperfection
The late author, A.A. Milne, in his book, Not That It Matters, wrote:
“Oh there are other reasons why golf is the best game in the world for the bad player, and sometimes I am tempted to go farther and say that it is a better game for the bad player than the good. The joy of driving a ball straight after a week of slicing. The joy of putting a mashie shot dead, the joy of even a moderate stroke of the brassie; best of all the joy of the perfect cleek shot—these things the good player will never know. Every stroke we bad players make, we make in hope. It is never so bad that it might have been worse; it is never so bad that we are confident of doing better the next time. And if the next stroke is good, what happiness fills our soul. How eagerly we tell ourselves that in a little while all of our strokes will be as good.”
We should all have such a great outlook and attitude toward our game.
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