I am not a drama queen. I do not thrive on watching others squirm or relish in peoples' difficulty.
Having said that, I felt compelled to watch Tiger Wood's speech today on CNN.
I had some pre-judgements about what he may say and when he started to speak, I fell into the thinking that this would be very self-indulgent. I quickly changed my tune.
I found him to be sincere, humbled, and clear. His tenacity to stand before millions of people and own it is to be commended. It was difficult to watch; this was hard for him. But, as it should be. Owning it is not suppose to be easy; then we'd all do it.
He was honest. One of the first judgements I made about this situation was that I bet he felt he was above scrutiny somehow, that he was special. He's not. He owned that.
He modeled for all of us what to do to repair a situation were we make big mistakes. We have all been in situations where an "I'm sorry." is definitely warranted. Ours usually doesn't involve satellite trucks and a microphone in our face.
Good luck Tiger on your new journey.
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