One of my goals for this year was to fish more - connect with my environment like that. I live next to the Connecticut River here in New England, and I wanted to do more stuff on the river.
So this weekend I combined a few goals. A friend I've been cultivating called and asked if I wanted to go with him when he took his boat out for the first time on the river this year. Two of my life goals working together - perfect.
We head out last evening, drop the boat in the river, and head up stream a few miles. It was awesome. Huge sky with these massive white clouds floating over, Canada geese, ducks, red winged black birds, beaver and even a bald eagle hanging around us. Quite a spectacular setting. Catching half a dozen perch - and tossing them back.
Then the motor quit - and it got even more fun. Got to throw in a good workout as I paddled that damn big 19' out board back across the river and upstream to another boat landing with a canoe paddle while standing in the middle of the boat! I felt like Laird Hamilton paddling his long board around the Hawaiian islands! My buddy got a ride back to his truck and trailer, we got the crippled boat out, and I finished the evening with a couple of cold Long Trail ales while watching some awesome mixed martial art fights on Verses. Urijah Faber maintained his title, and I went to bed a happy man.
That's taking your soul on a journey it can enjoy!
S4
Living your lifes dream....Have you? Are you? Will you?......
by oompa 21 Replies latest jw friends
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Lady Lee
I had 2 dreams. The first was a dream from when I was a kid and before my JW life. I wanted to have a career working with abused children. As a JW I had to give up the dream and the education needed to do that.
After I left the JW when I was 35 yrs old I went to college and starting working my career drewam. It had changed a bit. Instead of working with the kids I worked with the adults who never got the help they needed as children.
My second dream was to go on a cruise to Alaska. When I was married in 2001 we had a honeymoon cruise to Alaska. It was awesome. The memories have lasted longer than the marriage but I got to live that dream