some thoughts on Tiger.

We live in a tinted window world. They have given us the ability to easily see from the inside-out, while at the same time ensuring that other people cannot easily see in (they might see me in my undies!)…and they’re awesome (tinted windows; not undies). We all want to be in the world and around other people, and we want to be seen by others and to see others. We want to know what is going on in everyone else’s life and world; to know every detail of their lives. We love being able to easily see and know what everyone else is going through, while at the same time feeling safe inside our tinted bubble (or square, or rhombus, whatever suites you).

This morning when my alarm went off, the radio DJ was talking about Tiger Woods and filling me in on every detail of his life…even some embarrassing stuff. The point is that, it was 6:30 in the morning and I was clearly hearing every detail of someone else’s life…and I loved it. I like knowing everything that is happening in someone else’s life…especially if it is really personal. It makes great entertainment and even better gossip (yes, guys do it too)…as long as it’s not me.

I am thinking about how much I would hate being in the same situation as Tiger (with the gossip thing, not golf), even if it were only with people who are very close to me. While we do want to be seen by others, we don’t want to be known by others. It’s great for people to see us from the outside, but letting them get to know us is very scary stuff. (We love to show off the outside of our cars, while the inside is usually a dump)

I have found how refreshing it is to let a few people in your life really know you; even the bad stuff. It’s at that point when I realize that we are all pretty much the same (we all have the same crap pilled in our closets at home…it’s ok). From there I learn how to stop trying to be someone else, and instead learn how to be exactly the Russell (me) that God wants me to be; and that’s a great place to be.

P.S. Tiger, call me to hang out sometime…I have a wii!