Recently, the world heard that one of its most celebrated and admired athletes was exposed as an adulterer. This paragon of esteem has been a record breaker and achiever beyond the greatest performers of all time in his specific sport. He was a combination of cordial and favored features and skills, which millions of people admire.
He became an extraordinary perfectionist in learning the precise techniques that enabled him to successfully contend with many of the momentary vagaries that the wisps of weather and terrain imposed on his accepted task of assigning a tiny, dimpled, white ball to obediently soar and land in a distant temporary grave, and be resurrected in triumph.
Once hailed as the king of the sport with fame and fortune, the shock of his sin mounted against him and emerged as an opportunity for empty souls to denigrate his charm and demolish his godlike elevation. Wishes of adversity were extended to him by haters who despised his origins. But the real God blessed him with the nobility of his parents, to honestly respect his people and apologize for his Achilles heel and promise his restitution of the admiration that he admittedly owed to his fans.
What a wonderful example for all of us, to see a Tiger recognize the faults of his weaknesses. “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.” The great basketball star, Magic Johnson, found a similar weakness, and in his midlife crisis he was similarly blessed by his Almighty.
Will the leaders, who lied to create the war and terror that killed or wounded millions of innocent men, women, and children in Iraq, Afghanistan, the USA and Palestine, apologize to the people of the world? Will they confess why they overthrew the unalienable Rights of their victims and the American people? Might George Bush 41, Bill Clinton, George Bush 43, Dick Cheney and his swarm of neo-cons, and the members of Congress who approved the war and terror; will the people of the world soon or ever see them confess and apologize for their international war crimes?
Will Barack Obama continue to fall into the sins of his predecessors and continue to violate the unalienable Rights of those same and other victims, or will he stop the wars that are now his and prove to be a champion that deserved to receive the Peace Prize?
None of the political crooks were champions. None of them could hold a stick in comparison to Tiger Woods. Millions of young people admire public figures in sports and entertainment, but only a few stars get through the eye of a needle and save their lives and reputations. Tiger has taught his young admirers a lesson they will never forget or follow his mistake. He saved a generation and possibly will truly be a legend.
Is the future built on the lessons we learn? If that is true, then most of us are probably still in school, learning our lessons, as well. Will we be tested? The wise ones would probably tell us – yes, life in this world is our lesson. May God be with all of us!
- WJ Anthony