Hole in One

A hole in one: The great and elusive triumph in golf – or putt putt in my case – that only matters if witnessed by others.

I still remember the day my then 4 year old got a hole in one at the city park.  It was the most difficult hole – the one that’s perfectly straight with a mole hill in the middle and the tiny white cup in the middle of that.  (Yes, of course we took a picture.)

Let’s face it.  No one jumps up and down and gives high fives for the story of a hole in one.  But gather a group of friends around an obstacle hill of green carpet and tap that little round dimpled sucker into a hole in one swing, and you've got yourself a glory-filled, chest-bumping, high-fiving brag fest.

But, unless you’re vying for the new car on The Price is Right, a hole in one is just that brief, fleeting moment of glory that wins you nothing but a story to tell.

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My husband Michael’s cousin passed away unexpectedly a few weeks ago.  On the somber drive home from the funeral services, Michael and I thought about our lives. 

Who would be at our funeral?  What would they say?  Would we have finished all we’d plan to do in life?  Or would people say “I remember when” and that “when” be a years-ago feat?

It was one of those moments when you do more thinking than talking.  When, an impulse inside you prompts new ideas and commitments to pursuing today and not putting off until tomorrow. 

It was a commitment not to living a “remember when I hit the hole in one” life, but, instead, actively and passionately committing to daily successes and nightly confirmations of a day well fulfilled.

Ephesians 2:10 - For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works.   

~Allyson

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