Stephenson Family Ties

A few weeks back I tried to post this link about Tiger Woods. I found it very interesting and well thought out. My link didnt work...so I took it off my blog. But now I'd like to try again...with acknowledgement right up front here.
Lisa at lisaramblings.com
What do you think about the recent events?


"The world is all a flutter with the ramblings about Tiger Woods. While I personally don’t know much about him, I have been somewhat interested in the way the world has responded to the media frenzy surrounding him currently. I was listening to Bob Schieffer this morning and I thought his take on the entire situation was dead on. Life is tough, relationships are work and I can’t imagine the pressure of having my life paraded in front of the entire world. Here is what Bob had to say– I was at a lunch in Houston this week where I met one of my longtime heroes, the great home run hitter Hank Aaron. After watching him shake hands and chat with the hordes of people who came up to meet him, I told him it was a pleasure to meet a famous person who was just the way I thought he would be. Arnold Palmer, the great golfer, was the same way. If Palmer ever ate in a restaurant without being interrupted by a dozen people who wanted to meet him, it went unrecorded. But he always got up, shook hands, and wished them well. Which is why I loved the story John Feinstein told in the Washington Post about the lunch Palmer had with a 21-year-old Tiger Woods, the year Woods won his first Masters. Tiger opened up to Palmer. He said he couldn’t be a normal 21 year old because he had to sign autographs, talk to the media, do photo shoots for sponsors. “It just never ends,” he said. “You’re right,” Palmer replied. “Normal 21-year-olds don’t have $50 million in the bank. If you want to be normal, give the money back.” Tiger Woods is 34 and close to a billion dollars now in worth, but as his life came apart last week, he was still complaining about being put upon, about being unable to lead a normal life.

Sorry Tiger, we all make mistakes, but if you wanted to be normal you should have taken Arnie’s advice, just played golf with your friends on Saturdays like the rest of us and I promise you no one would have cared what you did – except maybe your wife"