Laughing at yourself

I learned a long time ago to not take myself seriously.  Too many times I locked my keys in the car, dropped my ice cream out of its cone onto my foot and had a problem with tripping over my own two feet.I use to think that I was somewhat of a klutz, however, mom use to say we all have those awkward times and I would out grow it. Being now later in my life, I wonder when it actually happens. I think that I always just looked at the experiences of silly slip ups as an opportunity to laugh at myself.  There have been many funny times that I have had in my lifetime. I am sure that one day in a senior citizen home I will be sitting in the corner laughing my ass off. When out fishing one day, I had one such experience.  My husband is a wonderful man, kind generous and patient.  He has had to repair or take many embedded hooks out of items around the boat or in the back of his head, and yet he still wants me back in the boat with him.It never really seemed to scare him as he said “he was up for it” or so I would joke.  I replaced his fishing buddy shortly after we met and he use to tell me stories about how clumsy his bud was and how he was glad that he didn’t have to worry about hooks in the head.  I remember thinking, oh I pray I don’t do something stupid and change his mind.We bring a camera out with us when were fishing since I believe strongly in “Catch and Release” of your fish.  I take a lot of photo’s since I catch a lot but its better then knowing they would all die.  We also started video taping some of the techniques and this was one of the time that we were able to catch some of our fun.

I believe that fishing helps reduce daily stresses, and if it doesn’t hopefully this video will at least make you laugh today.