“IN TRUTH, men have affairs not for physical reasons but for emotional ones. They cheat not out of a sense of confidence but out of a state of brokenness. Not out of a sense of how desirable they are but out of a sense of what failures they are. And this is especially true of men like Tiger Woods and Bill Clinton who live in a hyper-competitive environments where they realize that they are only special to the extent that they keep on winning. Men like these are particularly broken, living as they do just one failure away from obscurity. They know that their value as human beings rests entirely in other people’s hands. And they live in permanent and painful insecurity. They constantly question their self-worth and they turn to women both to feel desirable and to comfort them from their pain.
Yes, I know. Men like Tiger Woods appear to the public as cool-as-a-cucumber. But beneath the calm veneer is a man who has been trained to believe that his value as a human being rests entirely on a never-ending game of human one-upmanship. Those who have made their names in sports and politics live with unimaginable insecurity. And rather than deal with these insecurities in a healthy way by having deep emotional conversations with their wives about their fears, it is easier to simply paper them over by turning to strangers who make them feel special.”
Read the rest here: Shmuley Boteach on Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods sure could talk an outstanding game in his press meeting with regards to appearing more respectful to the game of golf, yet his actions spoke considerably louder than his words as soon as he skipped the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He could have created a great deal of good will by way of doing this tournament. Arnie would certainly have done everything that he might have that can help show Tiger in the best light, however instead Tiger decides to dismiss the legends from the sport and do his individual thing. All the best at the Masters, Mr Woods. Great job towards Ernie Els, and also I hope you also do incredibly well at Augusta.