""Why? Why was this happening to me?"" Have you ever experienced loss, separation, suffering or grief? Have life events left you stressed out, bewildered and wondering what purpose trials and tests could possibly serve in your life? ""CYPRESS TREE ODYSSEY-Making Sense of Trials & Tests On & Off the Golf Course"" is a short, but extremely powerful allegory that follows the journey of a unique pilgrim. And while doing so, captures the imagination and lifts the spirit by showing how trials and tests shape and sculpt us; that each one has a specific purpose in our lives. Written for golfer and non-golfer, Christian and non-Christian, Odyssey is structured so that just the allegory can be read, commentary on the common ground between golf and ones' spiritual life enjoyed, uplifting scripture experienced, gratefulness to God expressed, encouragement gleaned from the ""keys"" or it can be read as a whole. The journey begins in the midst of a horrific thunderstorm on the pristine shores
Todd Dufek was born in a small town in the mid west and moved to Arizona when he was 11-years old. He went to high school in Lake Havasu City, Arizona and helped operate the family shoe business (retail sales and repair) throughout his teenage years. Todd attended college at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona where he graduated with distinction with a B.A. in Behavioral Sciences. He went on to the Arizona State University School of Social Work in Tempe, Arizona and graduated with a Masters in Social Work. The author spent four years in the field of social work before becoming a full time locker room manager at a local country club, and currently works at a private golf club in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has been in that profession for 20 plus years, founded the Locker Room Managers Association in 1999, and wrote two best selling niche books for those in the field. Todd first began journaling in high school and published poetry in a Christian magazine in the late 80's. He considers writing Christian books, both fiction and non-fiction, to be his calling and central area of interest.