{"id":839,"date":"2009-12-31T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/12\/are-we-all-tiger-woods.html"},"modified":"2009-12-31T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T15:00:11","slug":"are-we-all-tiger-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/12\/are-we-all-tiger-woods.html","title":{"rendered":"Are We All Tiger Woods?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\"Tiger<\/span>I know we’re all about Tigered to death, especially those of us who live in towns with many tabloid papers who have been rolling in pun heaven. But there’s obviously a reason it’s all struck such a deep emotional chord, especially for women. <\/p>\n

One friend said to me, “But she’s a supermodel!” I replied, “Honey, we’re all supermodels.” Meaning, I think, that we are all gorgeous, all vulnerable, all in this giant cultural experiment called monogamy together.  None of us immune to being hurt–and none of us immune to hurting others; looks having pretty much zero to do with it. <\/p>\n

So I particularly love it when public figures admit this–our essential humanness–instead of hurling stones and distancing themselves from the icky real-life mess. I was just especially inspired by one article, “I Am Tiger Woods<\/a>” by Divine Caroline<\/a> columnist Stephen W. Simpson, PhD, who cops to some of the foibles we’re loving to hate in Tiger. Such as:<\/p>\n

– I don’t think clearly when my appetites rule me. (“Whenever instant gratification becomes my first priority, I don’t worry about being careful.”)<\/p>\n

– I want more. (Whenever I rely on gratification and stimulation to supply my life’s purpose, satisfaction is fleeting.”)<\/p>\n

– I treat people as objects. (“Too often, I see people as meeting (or blocking) my needs, instead of as complex children of God with their own needs, hopes, and fears.”)<\/p>\n

It’s so rare that anyone admits to having something in common with maligned figures even though, of course that is the very reason we become obsessed with them. I have a slight suspicion that if more of us copped to our own indiscretions, opposing desires, soul-thirsts, and secret satiations, this would all cease to be remotely interesting, depleted of their novel, confessional, “my secrets writ large” power.<\/p>\n

To read the whole article (which mentions God and Jesus and stuff toward the end), go to “I Am Tiger Woods.”<\/a>  <\/p>\n

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