Going fishing!!

There are many factors that go into fishing successfully.  You have to take into consideration the weather, location, the best time of year and day to go after your target fish species, and making sure you have the proper equipment - just to name a few.

When a fish gets caught on a hook it quite naturally struggles to get free.  It may jump, swim around obstacles, or just speed off trying to make a run for it.  The key to successful fishing is not to panic.  When the fish tries to get free don’t start to try to reel it in quickly.  Let the fish do its thing!  Eventually it’ll get tired and then you can reel it in slowly.  Each time it shows there’s more fight left in it, just be patient and reel it in a little more when it gets tired again.

Regardless of what kind of fish you’re after, patience is the key!!

Have you noticed that fishing is a lot like relationships?

There’s a certain someone you’d like to become a permanent fixture in your life, and you’re confident your-love-interest feels the same.  But you’re so afraid they’ll get away that you decide to stake your claim.  You begin to press the issue of a more monogamous and permanent relationship.  To your surprise you’re met with resistance.  Your-love-interest begins to pull away from you.  If you’re not careful you could lose them all together!

Like I said, a lot like fishing!

The hook is the fact that your-love-interest spends time with you, and really seems to enjoy it!  You seem to have all the right equipment – character, personality, intelligence, etc. – that keeps your-love-interest coming back.

Now when fishing, if you try to reel your catch in too quickly you could rip the hook right out of its mouth causing injury.  Ergo, pressing your claim too aggressively could damage your relationship.

It’s only natural for your hooked fish to fight to get free.  When love blind sides us we tend to go on emotional defense.  So you pressing your claim could overwhelm your-love-interest, and trigger the instinct to flee.  Putting emotional, maybe even physical distance between you. 

But if you’re patient, and allow your-love-interest to grow into your relationship, you’ll find in them a partner who can appreciate all you have to offer.  Someone who will gladly stay at your side.