LESSONS LEARNED FROM AN EVENING BY THE LAKE

Hmmm, two hours of fishing and not so much as a nibble. Then three casts, three minutes, three fish. Then another hour of casting with nothing to show for it. Is there a lesson in here somewhere?

Yes, I think there is. Much of life unfolds this way. Those uplifting "Ah yes!" moments surrounded by the more mundane ebb and flow of everyday living.

I often lament at all the stuff that gets in the way of the things I love to do. The endless, repeating array of things I must do to earn a living...