I just watched Tiger's apology on youtube. I have to admit that when this all came out in November I was just like everyone else and did a lot of judging. I was completely disgusted with his arrogance and complete disregard for his wife and children's feelings. I was disappointed because I knew he was a role model to a lot of young children. However as I watched this today I felt awful that I judged him. NOBODY is perfect and we do NOT have to right to judge someone else's personal life just because they are famous. He looked awful and it was so apparent that he is going through the worst time in his life. Yes, he brought this on himself. However we have all been guilty of doing things that are not right, things that hurt other people. But we have the luxury of keeping them private most of the time. Can you imagine if the worst thing you did came out on National News? If you had people following you around trying to see what you were doing and how you and your family were reacting to everything . I guarantee that there are very few of us that could stand in front of a room of close friends and family and a bunch of media and admit to what he admitted to. That took courage. I think the only people he needed to apologize to are his family and God. For the rest of us, it was none of our business. He is a role model, but really our children's role models should be us, their parents, and most importantly, Jesus. We should not be telling our children to look up to someone just because they excel in a sport and are famous and rich. We don't know anything else about these people other than what the media tells us.We should be leading by example and what WE teach our children. As for Tiger, I think it's time everyone left him alone to heal himself and his family. We should be praying for them and that they will find a way to reconcile not just for their children, but for the sake of their marriage and the promise they made to God when they were married.
If you would like to see his apology here is the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs8nseNP4s0
6 comments:
I completely agree. Very well said. I too judged him, and then thought the exact same thing you did. His whole life is a fishbowl. I would HATE that. Everyone knowing what I was doing at every given moment. He only has one person to answer to in the end.
Great post!
Well put. That was hard to watch today and took a lot of grace on his part.
I agree completely. I got a little teary watching him today - which is so different than how I felt initially.
Well said. I was very impressed by Tiger's comments today. And you're so right -- if all of us had the worst the thing we've ever done announced to the world, we'd be mortified. We all fail. He took responsibility for his actions and gave what I feel is a very sincere apology.
Thanks for sharing. I especially liked your thoughts about who our children's role models should be.
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