“They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream,
but that’s not quite it. What happens is that you
begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand
scheme of things, and suddenly they’re not such a big
deal anymore.”
J o h n G i e r a c h
The water is too high.
The water is too low.
The water is too dirty.
The water is too clear.
The water is too fast.
The water is too slow.
You are full of excuses putting off just getting started and getting
going. You wait until the conditions are “perfect” to get started.
The “conditions” will never be perfect. Just get started and magical
things will happen. Often you need help from a friend or even a
total stranger to get set up and get going. At times you set off solo.
You prepare and plan beforehand. You are ready. You put your toes
in the water and step in timidly, or you put your boat in the water
and start paddling furiously. Either way you are off. Sometimes you
fail. Your line gets tangled, you snag a tree, you get stuck on the
bottom- and your-line snaps. No worries, get set back up and go
back at it. You got snagged again. Oops, I got a tangled mess. No
worries, keep going. Other times, first cast, boom it worked, perfect
cast, perfect drift, bam, set, reel it in, in the net. Wow, this seems
easy. Other times you execute perfection each time, and nothing.
Over and over again, nothing. But you plod on. Keep at it. The day
will come to you. Most of the time it is a roller coaster of emotion.
You have many tangled messes and failures, but each time you keep
getting back in the water. Sometimes you execute perfectly, hit it,
are close to getting your prize in the net and snap it is all gone in an
instant. So close. You had it, but now it is gone. No worries, just start
over. Other times, you are hot, win after win, success after success.
These are the times you must stay humble and grateful, because it
will never last, never does. Everything is temporary. You will find
yourself stuck on the bottom again. No matter what, just keep going
Do your best. Pound your craft. Successes and failures will come and
go; that’s life, but make no mistake, your true friends will be there to
celebrate with you and to pick you back up, when you need it most.
The perfect drift.
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