Derek Gibson
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This was an expression an old friend used over the weekend to explain his feelings on fishing with me over the last forty years or so. His feeling was that ''he hoped to catch'', but always felt that I ''expected to catch''.
Initially I was a tad miffed by his observation, and countered by saying, ''yes, but you always fished with a negative attitude, and always seemed willing to call it a day particularly if the fishing happened to be hard going''. My philosophy being, no bait in the water, no catch.
In the end we agreed to differ, but later that night and into the early hours I pondered this very thing. Perhaps I was after all consumed by the task at hand, and was passionate and offer no apology for that. In the end settling for the conclusion that passion can take various forms.
So my question would be, do you ever find yourself in either camp, pessimist or optimist?
Initially I was a tad miffed by his observation, and countered by saying, ''yes, but you always fished with a negative attitude, and always seemed willing to call it a day particularly if the fishing happened to be hard going''. My philosophy being, no bait in the water, no catch.
In the end we agreed to differ, but later that night and into the early hours I pondered this very thing. Perhaps I was after all consumed by the task at hand, and was passionate and offer no apology for that. In the end settling for the conclusion that passion can take various forms.
So my question would be, do you ever find yourself in either camp, pessimist or optimist?