What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Stronger

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.  A phrase that is rolled out all too often when the facts around us appear to be negative.

I'm pretty sure that Adam Scott may have heard that phrase, or a similar version, over the last couple of days.  Four shots clear after four holes?  That has got to hurt.

Another golfer who suffered a similar fate was asked if he ever thought about the shot that lost him the Open.  His reply was; "Not really, sometimes I go a whole ten minutes without thinking about it."  

Emotional strength is something that we can work on on an ongoing basis.  How we deal with the facts drives how we feel about them.

Rory McIlroy went straight out and won the next Major Championship after his disaster and Im sure that eased the pain somewhat.

Its a lot easier to say 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' once we are back on the road to recovery but the paradox is that to get on the road to recovery we must have some iota of belief in that statement itself to begin with.

In the moment, Im sure its difficult to see the woods from the trees (no pun intended) so we must try to build that emotional strength on an ongoing basis - putting some cash in the emotional bank account for times when there is a Major withdrawal.

It will happen to everyone in their own context - the question is - have you deposited enough to make sure you don't go overdrawn?  I truly hope Mr Scott has.