"Where do you look—at the fairways and greens or at the bunkers and traps?"

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I enjoyed watching Tiger Woods win yet another golf tournament recently. He’s like an artist with a brush in his hand, painting with beautiful strokes on a gorgeous 18-hole canvas. He takes golf to a whole new level of playing.

In a post-tournament interview, a reporter remarked on how few times he used his driver that week, hitting mostly irons off of the tees. That particular course is lined with bunkers, sand traps, and water. He wondered how Tiger did so well in staying out of trouble while not playing his usual game of long drives.

Woods response was classic: “Well,” he said, “I look at the fairways and greens, not at the bunkers and traps.”

In life, it sure is easier some times to look at the things that cause you trouble—the bunkers and traps in life—rather than the places you want to be—the fairways and greens. And when you concentrate on those trouble spots, that’s where you wind up hitting your life.

To listen to your life and make a life, not just a living, focus on the positive places God wants you to enjoy.

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