Why? "we are what we think"

It is true, "we are what we think" and here is a golf analogy to illustrate.
I once played for the golf championship of the world. Ok, not the whole world but my two man team had won the Wednesday night league and we played the Thursday night league winners for the grand championship. When we came to the last hole and I figured we were one down. It was a par 5. I blasted a super drive, hit a nice three wood to 30 yards and pitched to 12 feet.  With complete focus I drained the putt for a birdie. My partner hit a nice 6 footer for par and the opposing team congratulated us for the win. You see, I had figured wrong. We went into the last hole not one down but tied. I have always remembered that small moment because of how my thinking affected how I approached that hole.  I believe if I had known we were tied I would have been less aggressive and would have tried to get nothing worse than a par. I thought we were behind, so I went all out. Yes the Championship of the world, won because I "thought" we were behind.  A small moment but a larger lesson, "we are what we think" and what we think makes us who we are. You can think your way to misery in your life or to happiness in your life. I choose happiness.

Why? Aniseikonia and the one eyed golfer

Aniseikonia. Now there is a word for you. It means one eye's image is smaller that the other. In my case, 30 to 40 percent smaller. In addition when viewing a straight horizontal line, there is a 10 percent dip in that line at the focal point. As I move my eye along that line, the dip moves and the line appears wavy. So what? Well my eyes do not work together and I tend to get a double image. For example four tail light instead of 2.  Faces on the television are scrunched in the middle and 30 percent smaller in my right eye.  So what? Well, to compensate I close my right eye and on many occasions become one eyed.  So what?  Well, two problems occur.  One is loss of right side peripheral vision and number TWO, no depth perception. Thus in the last 6 months I have become a one eyed golfer. So what? Well, with no depth perception my golf game has suffered. And that causes me to suffer. 
But as I sat in the office of Retina Eye Associates, waiting a hour and a half for a follow up on my 4th eye surgery involving a detached retina, I looked at the cast of patients awaiting service.  All old and suffering, many were much worse off than me. I do have 20/20 vision in my left eye. I have somewhat trained my left eye to be dominant and to over ride my formerly dominant right eye.  My golf game involvement with driver and putter is good. The depth of those shots is constant.  My iron play is sporadic and so are my scores.  BUT, to be out walking, enjoying the world of golf is still priceless to me. And if you didn't know, even blind people play golf.