A few years ago my sister came up to visit us. Of course, fishing was a big part of the week. After we had launched our boat, I took one cast just to show her where to throw her bait and with the luck of the Irish, I caught a small walleye on that first cast! It was going to be a great day...so we all thought!
The morning wore on, I lied about the time every time she asked, hungry for breakfast, fed her PB&J sandwiches on gummy buns and stayed out trying to catch another real "Wisconsin walleye" until we were all starving for lunch! To this day she pokes me a good one saying there "really are no Wisconsin walleye" there!! She never wants any more PB&J's for breakfast either! And we both chuckle. A couple of 19" large mouth bass, even though they made a wonderful fish fry, just aren't the same!
 |
| A Real Wisconsin Walleye! |
However, any real fisherman or woman knows that catching fish is only a by-product of a day fishing. If that's all that matters, we're usually sorely disappointed. Often my husband and I look at each other after a great day and say, "just look at the fish we don't have to clean!"
Life is like that; life is not all about everything going the way we'd like or catching a stringer full of fish. How do each of us tack our sails when storm winds blow us off course? How do we not let that storm sink our boat? It's a challenge to be sure but with practice we can still have a great day, no matter what! A real Wisconsin walleye is very elusive and so is life but it can still be a great day!
Spiritual direction is a wonderful place to share your life with a spiritual companion. I can be reached at: 920.793.3530. To subscribe to my blog scroll all the way down and insert your email address or see: MollyLaFond.com
Spiritual direction is a wonderful place to share your life with a spiritual companion. I can be reached at: 920.793.3530. To subscribe to my blog scroll all the way down and insert your email address or see: MollyLaFond.com
