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2013/11/04 09:09:07 (permalink)

Momentum

When you are extremely rushed for time, it is easier to say, "I can spend time with the kids next week," rather than, "Actually, the kids really need me.  When exactly will I really have time next?"  Things outside the tunnel are harder to see clearly, easier to undervalue, and more likely to get left out."  -- Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much 
Sometimes it's hard to find the momentum to do things we want to do.  It may be spending time with the kids.  Or, if the kids are grown, it may be going fishing.
My wife and I were about to leave for a mountain retreat with our church.  We've done this for several years now, and every year I'd think, "I bet there is a trout stream nearby.  If we leave a little early, I could fish it."  But then there was always a hundred things to do, and I'd think, "Next year."  Of course the years only somehow got busier, and "next year" never came.
With the clarity that comes with age, I have lately been realizing this is how whole lives go by, and so much of them unlived.  And then I also realized this is one of the prettiest falls I've ever seen.
 

 
It was a call, of sorts...
We took to the road, stopping for donuts along the way.  The french toast donuts hit the spot. Come to think of it, so did the pumpkin donuts.  And the apple cider donuts too.
 

 
Then it was time to hit the water.  That's a funny phrase, isn't it?  I didn't so much "hit the water" as sought to be in harmony with it.
 

 
There is a joy that comes in putting together a fly rod, seating the reel, and stringing the line.
 

 
And, of course, there is joy in catching a fish, beholding its transcendent beauty, and then letting it go.
 

It was a good day.
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    woodnickle
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/04 09:13:10 (permalink)
    Awesome!

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    tim from harrisburg
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/04 10:09:09 (permalink)
    I dig it.. nicely done
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    BloodyHand
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/04 10:09:18 (permalink)
    Ah man, I was totally into the story until the very end. Let me rewrite the story a lil.
    "And, of course, there is joy in catching a fish, beholding its transcendent beauty, and then slappin it on the grill."
     
    BH
     
    Great story, for such a beautiful time of year.
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    bigbear2012
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/04 11:10:06 (permalink)
    great post

    wishin i was fishin
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    Recman
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/04 12:14:42 (permalink)
    Nice reading and something to remember.
     
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    shmoe
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/04 12:15:09 (permalink)
    Donuts and fishing.. The good life
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    genieman77
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/04 18:32:43 (permalink)
    pretty cool, duud..yep'er it is
     
     
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    deetz4352
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/04 18:45:42 (permalink)
    Scenery , donuts, running water and fishing ...YUP...Excellent post :)
     

    The Deetz
    Fishermen are born honest,but they get over it
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    bingsbaits
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/04 19:50:58 (permalink)
    Nice pics...
     

    "There is a pleasure in Angling that no one knows but the Angler himself". WB
     
     


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    wishfishin
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/05 19:01:33 (permalink)
    Thanks, men.  Not quite Glen and Plum Bob, but I did my best...
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    Plum Bob
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/05 20:16:09 (permalink)
    Nothing wrong with those pics. Enjoyed them. Wish I could eat the donuts. Can't, borderline diabetic. Fall sure is a beautiful season. Well done. You certainly captured the beauty of the season!
     
     
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    Re: Momentum 2013/11/06 07:44:43 (permalink)
    More threads like this would be "a good thing"
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