did you believe him!

Okay, I'll jump in, like everyone else.  I first saw the "mea culpa" setting and it looked like an address before an audience that was there to hear the memorial to a dead person.  Well, maybe the  old Tiger "I can get what I want, when I want it, and with whoever I want" Woods, has indeed died.  But then again, maybe the old Tiger Woods, the one who controlled everything about and around him (remember no camera shutter clicks during my back-swing) was and is still in charge.  Was a bit hard to judge.  Many may say, heck I could read a written statement, how genuine is that?  Could you?  Could you stand before the present day electronic media and make all the statements about yourself that had to be stated, under probably the rehab environment?  Could you look your own Mother in the eye and admitted to the facts about your own behavior that are now out for everyone's (including mine) comments?  Could you clearly state what you did; are in therapy for it; are not doing the one thing you love above all; and, state you need help?  I will go on a limb and say, probably not.   Have I had to do something similar as Tiger?  Yes, but NO WAY NEAR the level he did.  Was I proud of what I did? Hell no!  Was I sorry?  Sorrier than one may think.  Did I ask for forgiveness?  Still am.  Will I go past it?  Darn right.  Why?  Because when one hits the mess head on as Tiger has, then and only then can one move on.  If Tiger had continued to avoid the issues, ever so public now, he could never get back to where he really is comfortable (and maybe he may never get back to the same place) and grab control when he now has none.  There is a fable every one knows, "People who live in glass houses, should always dress in the basement" (okay not really accurate, but a little humor always goes a long way in bringing a point home), but is does fit here also.  Put yourself in Tiger's shoes now and then, and think before answering...Would you do now what he did, because of what you did then just like he did? Take out the riches; the fame; the sponsors; everything else and just focus on a Man and Woman; Husband and Wife; Father and Son; and give your answer.  Mine is I accept his "mea culpa" and will allow him to repair all his personal problems and then when he is ready to return to golf, I will see him as what he will then really be, a golfer who has real life personal problems to deal with, just like all of us.