Path of Patience

Alex Jackson Brown

Eagle Creek Golf Course

Hole 14-16: 5 Iron

Sunday, November, 22, 2020

I continue to find myself being called to re purpose objects. This time, it just happens to be golf balls. This piece is not for sale. It’s bigger than that. The goal is to raise as much as possible in two weeks and donate 100% of those proceeds to the Northwest Response Fund via Red Cross. Supporting those affected by the recent wildfires in Oregon and Washington this past summer. There is a link in my bio now open for donations. If you would like the opportunity to own a piece of history, please donate, comment, tag a friend, and share to anyone you think will be encouraged by this story. I will be randomly selecting someone out of the comments in two weeks to give this piece to.

With the recent tragic events of the summer wildfires, Eagle Creek Golf Course was one of many areas effected. In a recent round of golf spent playing with friends, I came across a unique opportunity. I know personally playing golf, it’s a constant search of finding your ball. Left, right, other fairway, cart path, thick stuff, deep brush, water, OB, whatever it may be. This game takes requires the art of patience. While playing Eagle Creek there were 3 holes that were burned. Brush and trees had been burned so badly there was an abundance of golf balls that normally would be impossible to reach. But because of the fires, I now had access.

Each golf ball tells a different story. Some partially burned, and some so bad that they formed a new shape. These balls have been burned so badly they can no longer be used for their designed purpose. Now they are apart of a larger story. Everyone has gone through a fire where they felt like they were lost and burned. Good news, your fire allows the opportunity to create something new and fresh. Sometimes our brush needs to be burned to prepare us for a greater calling. Remain patient and full of hope. You never know, one day you might be able to share your story with someone that needs it as much as you did during the flames.