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Homer Saw The Whole Elephant

dave wrote:

I am not ashamed to say that this is one of my goals...to be as good a teacher as I can, which is why I am pursuing this book. But, I can't SEE what Homer Kelley is talking about.



Dave,

A young piano prodigy was brought to Beethoven for his opinion. Said the great man: "The boy must play a long time yet before he realizes he cannot play at all."

The Golfing Machine is an odyssey whose rigors will test all who attempt it. Nevertheless, it is a journey that will, like the "pearl of great price," ultimately yield its own reward.

Remember the story of the five blind men, each holding different parts of the same elephant? One by one, each did his best to describe the animal as pictured in his own mind. One "saw" only the dangling trunk. Another "saw" only the curved, smooth, sharp tusk. Just as ardently, the remaining blind men "saw" and described the swishing tail, the flapping ear, and the gigantic leg.

Homer saw the whole elephant.

It took him forty years to figure it out and get it down on paper. So, be patient:

Today, a trunk . . .

Tomorrow, a tusk . . .

And, next month . . .

A tail.

Keep working, and one day you will not only "see" it . . .

You will own it.

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