Do You Allow the Happy Moments as You Golf?

I’ve recently subscribed to a very brief email, a daily quote if you will, from the Abraham-Hicks organization. This is what it said yesterday.

“A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don't allow the happy moment, because they're so busy trying to get a happy life.” -Abraham

Isn’t that so very true! So many people run around, working/worrying themselves into the ground, promising that they’ll slow down and really enjoy life (i.e. they’ll be HAPPY) once they achieve X.

“X” of course varies from person to person. It may be a new job, a new car, a vacation, when the children are older, once they finish some schooling, blah, blah, blah. The point is many people refuse to enjoy the moments because they’re waiting until the future to enjoy life.

Now let’s look at a game of golf.

Can we not say that a happy round of golf is just a string of happy moments? Can we not go on to state that most people don’t allow the happy moment, because they’re so busy trying to get a happy round of golf?

Do you do this?

Say your tee shot on the 5th ventures out of bounds. Perhaps not a “happy moment.” But, you begrudgingly hit three off the tee and eventually find yourself on the green, within twelve feet, facing a bogie putt. And you drain it. Do you “allow the happy moment?” Or do you complain to your partners that it should have been a birdie?

Have you ever made a big number on the opening hole, whatever a “big number” is to you and the current state of your game? Have you ever let that big number derail your confidence, your enjoyment, your ability to be in the moments, for several holes thereafter, perhaps even for the entire round.

So you’ve just made that big number on 1 and you’re now several strokes over par. Number 2 is a par three and your tee shot lands gently on the green, six feet from the pin. Do you “allow the happy moment?”

And lastly, here’s a far more telling example. Your tee shot finds a massive wooded area on number 18. You eventually get back to the fairway, but the rest of the whole is a bit of a mishmash and you end up taking a triple. But two of your playing partners have just birdied the hole. Do you celebrate with them? Are you happy for them? Do you “allow the happy moment?”

Perhaps you should take some time before your next round of golf to consider the fact that, indeed, a happy round of golf is just a string of happy moments.