Of late, Tiger Woods has spent a lot of time in the limelight for reasons he would rather not be. The golfing superstar has been the World's number one golfer for years on end and will well be remembered as one of the Golfing greats despite his personal life.
In his recent return to the game Tiger placed fourth in the US Masters, an event he has won on four other occasions. While most of us would have been ecstatic with the result, Woods plans on taking some further time out to re-assess everything and get life back on track as best as he can.
Now in the initial proceedings of divorce with his wife, it does bring an array of questions to the surface. "Should Tiger get another shot?" As a man who has been through divorce I often get the question of "would you take her back if she decided that's what she wanted?" Now every circumstance is different and so each response always requires due process and consideration. For me though the most important thing to remember no matter what you decision, is your ability to forgive and move on.
If Tigers' wife was to continue on in marriage with Tiger and never forgive him of the past, then what would be the benefit of that relationship? On the other hand, if she does decide to get a divorce and still never forgives, what kind of emotional hurt and baggage will she bring into the next relationship?
Forgiveness is always difficult, cause to forgive means that we release someone else from the consequences of their actions. Where we would normally say "YOU OWE ME!" we instead free them from that debt and in return, we allow ourselves to move on. Till death do us part or not, that is a personal decision based on an entire range of different factors. While I personally believe marriage is for life, without forgiveness it can be the death of you.
After all we are all human, we all make mistakes, none of us deserve forgiveness but still to everyone forgiveness is available. Just a thought.
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