Golf

I didn't keep score yesterday. That's kind of fun because you can only remember your good shots and forget your bad shots. It's funny how people are like that. We can be very forgiving of ourselves, and yet we are often not very forgiving of others. So in that respect, golf can be a lot like life. I don't cheat in golf. I know some people who do. Improving your lie. That's a big one. For those of you who don't know what that means, if the ball isn't sitting just the way you'd like it to be, you move it a bit. You make it better. There are occasions in golf where this is legal. If an area is marked ground under repair, you get a free drop, but if you have an unplayable lie, a point where you absolutely can't hit the ball, you get to drop the ball somewhere else that's no closer to the pin but there is a stroke penalty. There are lots of fun rules in golf, but there are also fun rules in life. Some of my friends with whom I golf at times agree that we won't hit a shot from a location that could damage our clubs. That's just common sense, but constantly improving one's lie, well, to me, that's just cheating. If you don't play it where it lies, how will you ever get better?