I love golfing on Mother’s Day. Our two sons and their families are usually in town, and the boys along with my husband and I head to the course. By late morning most of the guys/gals that wanted to golf are finished and off to see their moms. And then - the course is wide open for the rest of us. My sons love that golfing is what I want to do with them on Mother’s Day.
This past Mother’s Day - they were all traveling - including my husband. I was going to golf with a girlfriend - but since the weather forecast wasn’t looking that great on Saturday night - she opted for other activities with her family. I decided to play anyway on my own Sunday and showered and started to pack up for my game. Just then - a light rain started - and it looked like it wasn’t going to end for a long time. So I cancelled my tee time.
The next time I looked the heavy sprinkles had stopped and the afternoon had great possibility - just overcast and the course wouldn’t be very wet. So - I headed off to golf.
It turned out that I was the ONLY ONE on the front nine - what a fabulous blessing - not a soul behind or in front of me. I played quickly - with nothing to slow down my pace. I timed one long hole and I finished in eight minutes - unheard of on a regular busy day. I was smashing my drives off the tee box and sailing down the fairways with my hybrids. My scores were fabulous - the best ever on that course. I’ve never scored in the low 80’s on a course like that - but Sunday I did.
How did I do so well?
Part of it was definitely being in the flow - hitting, moving, hitting again - all warmed up and in the groove. Not waiting on anyone to figure out the club they needed to use, or look for their ball in the woods. I’ve played two days in a row before and always cut my score the second day. Doing more definitely improves the score.
I also think I paid more attention to my thoughts. I enjoyed the quiet time, connection with God and nature. But I wasn’t asking opinions on what club to use, looking at what anyone else was using or doing. I just did what felt right to me - looking inside instead of outside for guidance.
Because so much of the time we look for the answers and advice from others - and what we really need to do is tune into us and what feels right for us.
And for me - that really seemed to work that day.
How do you give yourself more opportunities to tune into you - for direction and the right decisions for you?