I've been struggling for the past few weeks with my golf game...hitting some great shots amid a field of not so great shots.  I took a lesson that helped while the pro was there, but not the next day.

One of the things that I've not been doing is focusing on playing within my own limits or "playing my game."  I've been spending a lot of time worrying about how I "should" play--how far I should hit a club, how easily I should be able to get out of the sand, etc. 

But not today.  Today, I accepted the realities of my game.  The limitations of my ability plus practice plus luck (there's always luck on the course).

And voila!  I shot my best ever on this course, a 95.  Only the 2nd time I"ve posted a score that low.

Now, I don't pretend the entire answer was my zen-like acceptance of my game...but I do think it was about 80% of the battle.  Golf is nothing if not a mental game.

And I think it's a good metaphor for how powerful we become when we let go of the "shoulds" in our lives.  When we put away the ideas we've absorbed about others expectations of us.  When we get nice and comfy in our own skins.

That's when we are at our best, not some imagined level of perfection.

And what can be better than our best?

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