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he other week I counted
four comebacks. Tiger
Woods was leading the
Wyndham Championship, and the
roar of the crowd and excitement for
Sunday's final round was remark-
able. The following Wednesday
night, Justin Verlander had eight
no-hit innings under his belt against
the Angels and was facing the bot-
tom of the order. Wednesday and
Thursday of that week, we watched
the stock market rally and climb
back from the abyss; and on that
same Thursday, we learned
that the economy's Gross
Domestic Product (GDP)
actually grew at 3.7 per-
cent in the second quarter.
Granted, Tiger did not
win the Wyndham, Justin
did not throw the no-
hitter, the market's ride
is certainly not over and
with all of the chaos in
the world — who knows
where the economy will
end up for 2015.
So is a "comeback" the act of
reversing a negative direction with a
positive? Or does a comeback require
you to cross some finish line?
As I see it, we wage a comeback;
it's a process in which we look
for sustained progress on a posi-
tive track to get back to where we
formerly were. It is not static. You
don't have to reach the apex of the
high you once held; but you need to
demonstrate substantial movement
to your former position. No question
about it — Tiger, Justin, the stock
market and the GDP for that week
established comebacks.
Who deserves the most credit
among the four? My vote goes to
Verlander. His performance was
superb, and it was his fourth stellar
performance in a row.
Second place goes to Tiger.
Regardless of your view of Tiger
"the man," there is no doubt he had
reached depths so low we did not
think possible in terms of his golf
game, and he's showing signs of
returning to become a formidable
threat.
So what about the market and
the economy? These are a different
animal. They are measures — not

Justin Verlander has returned to
his old form in several outings.

people — and they rise and fall not
as a result of their effort, their heart
or the ability to put determination
ahead of the fear of failure.
In my practice, I see comebacks
every day — the ones from the
heart, where people face their prob-
lems, take a deep breath and start
anew with the determination to get
back to where they once
were or to go beyond
that which they had ever
achieved.
If you make a come-
back, are you a hero? Hero
is defined as a person who
is admired for great or
brave acts or fine quali-
ties. The comeback is a
personal challenge dem-
onstrating bravery on a
personal level, but it is
not "bravery" in the sense
of the duty and service provided by
the men and women of our armed
forces or the cops on the street who
endeavor to protect us.
Like athletes who find ways to get
back what they had and somehow
lost, those who overcome financial
distress deserve credit for their
determination to face the demons
and forces that brought them down.
Comebacks, however, are not
limited to sports and finance. In a
broader sense, whenever we seek
to fix that which we once had —
whether a relationship, faith, busi-
ness or sports — we are waging a
comeback.
Making the comeback is "heroic"
on a personal level. We should tip
our hat to those who demonstrate
such action and, at this time of the
year, it's a good time to identify the
comebacks we should pursue in the
year ahead.
Have a happy and healthy new
year.

❑

Ken Gross is an attorney with Thav Gross

and host of Law and Reality that airs

Tuesdays from noon to 1 p.m. on WCHB

1200 AM/99.9 FM and 11 a.m. Sundays on

TV20.

