Till death do us part

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.

Life is like

Saw this great little comment on a friends' facebook and just couldn't stop laughing.

"life is NOT like a box of chocolates..it's more like a jar of jalapenos..'cause what you decide upon today could burn your ass tomorrow.."

Life analogies are an incredible tool. Not only do they help you to see the bigger picture or to put things in context, they also help you to laugh at life; to never take yourself too seriously.

Great management and leadership website

I stumbled across this website when doing some research on management. 12manage.com. There's heaps of summaries of management methods and models and an opportunity to network with other businessmen and managers from Australia and around the world. I signed up for it and it's been great using it for one of my assignments while some of the other stuff is great reading for all levels of leadership.

Register a membership. It's free and only takes a minute to punch your details in. Might help you out.

FUN!

Little something for you....Miley Cyrus cover

Fun and Games

I came across this the other day on thereifixedit.com

I agree with some of the other viewers; though I don't think I would allow my kids to ever climb or ride such a contraption, I myself am excited about the possibility of building one and giving it a go!

Truth be told I would probably allow my boys on it...taking a risk of any kind generally produces either great experiences of success, or great opportunities to learn from your mistakes.

Growing up to fast?

My niece is turning 6 this year and I've looked back already thinking "wow! where the hell has all that time gone?" We began to look through pictures from the time she was born; her first dirty nappy, her first dirty mullet and her first day at school! She is, as every small girl, a princess.

The funny thing about small little princess' is how grown up they already want to be. Driving cars, owning castles, getting married and I think to myself... "I'm going to neeed that shot gun a lot earlier than I first thought."

Inspite what many people may claim about society and its pressures on our children to look thinner, be smarter, grow up faster and make more money; I believe the GREATEST LESSON they could possibly learn is from their parents.

I'm not saying to shelter your children from society and it's pressure and turn them into somewhat of an Ahmish Hermit. Our children learn from watching those they look up to. When they are older they will have to deal with all these same pressure out from under you own roof, BUT, while they are still under it, it is far better to TEACH them the right and healthy way to look at themselves and deal with these external pressures.

To teach you children to be in a circumstance but not changed by it will go a long way into shaping them for adulthood, whether that be at 18, or in my case 30 :) I let you know what it's like when I get there.

Just a thought

Inspiring the next generation

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams

This only really worries me because I have a bad habit of stacking it in front of my niece and nephews. They think it's hilarious and are now inspired to become stunt men... well at least Adams was right.