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A young man sat on the edge of a small pond with an old fishing pole. He sat there for hours casting and realing, yet never came home with a single fish. He returned the next day and repeated yesterday's events. This young man spent his summer at that small pond, casting and realing, yet returning empty handed. Half way through the summer his mother who saw him leave every day with a fishing pole and yet return with nothing, feared he was doing something more sinister. Something that might shame him or her family. As the days went on and he continued to return with nothing, her paranoia grew deeper and deeper. Finally one day, as he kissed his mother goodbye and left for the pond, she followed him, and to her suprise she followed him straight to the pond that he said he was going to. Her fears not nearly subsided, she sat and watched as her son cast and realed the day away. She watched as he caught fish after fish, and yet turned around and released every one back into the pond.
The mother approached her son and sat next to him on the ponds edge. She asked him, why if he was so talented at catching fish, he never brought them home with him. "it's simple mom, I know I can do it, I know I can do many things, but what good is bringing the fish home, no one in the family likes them, but there are other people who depend on this pond for the fish. Just because I can take these fish, doesn't mean I should." And in that moment the mother looked at her son, and realized that although he would be faced with adversity, and many opportunities to stray on his path in life, the simple lesson he taught his mother about fish was enough to know that no matter what, her son would do the right thing.
So I ask you this...in your life with all the fish you've caught, how many did you really need? How many actually did you good, and how many have you let go?
The mother approached her son and sat next to him on the ponds edge. She asked him, why if he was so talented at catching fish, he never brought them home with him. "it's simple mom, I know I can do it, I know I can do many things, but what good is bringing the fish home, no one in the family likes them, but there are other people who depend on this pond for the fish. Just because I can take these fish, doesn't mean I should." And in that moment the mother looked at her son, and realized that although he would be faced with adversity, and many opportunities to stray on his path in life, the simple lesson he taught his mother about fish was enough to know that no matter what, her son would do the right thing.
So I ask you this...in your life with all the fish you've caught, how many did you really need? How many actually did you good, and how many have you let go?