Beside the lake or river, under the tree there is a quiet man sitting on a stool, holding fishing rod and looking at the float on the water. It seems that there's nothing more in the world but himself and the fish in the water. With great patience He is waiting for the lucky fish to bite the bait without knowing what happens arround him.
You may see this before and think what a good way it is to relax yourself. Yes, it can really release you from the heavy load of work and life and bring a great pleasure when you finally catch a fish after a good preparation and long waiting. I like fishing very much and I started from 1999 when I came to Shanghai. Fishing can not only relax you but also help exercise your body physically and psychologically. I think the latter is more important and it is also the reason that I love it and regard it as a kind of sport.
We shall make a good preparation if you want to do it well. Fishing is the same. You shall check your equipments, make the food for fish and yourself, and even see the weather forcast. All have to be done prior to the fishing day. Why I say it is a kind of sport? You may not know how many times you have to bend down, stand up, throw the line into the water, draw the line back and chang the bait. It is really consuming a lot of energy and you can have a god sleep at night and feel very painful all over the body when you get up next morning. But this is really fun which is always coming together with pain!
Fishing can also help build a strong heart. You will be excited when you catch lots of fish but how do you face the fact you catch nothing after waiting for a few hours? This happens very often in fishing. To a fish man it is not failure and there must be some reasons that the fish does not like your food. At this situation the first thing we should do is to be patient and then be flexible to change the place, the bait. Even the change don't work and ask yoursefl what you really want. You want the fish? Of couse not, we are enjoying the process and fishing is not a fish-result driven sport.
In our daily work and life, there are a lots of experience which are like fishing. We should take a right attitude when you have a clear target---Be prepared, be patient, be enjoyable.