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The Fishermen垂钓者There wasa groupcalled TheFishermans Fellowship.They weresurroundedby streamsand lakesfull ofhungry fish.They metregularlyto discussthe callto fish,and thethrill ofcatchingfish.They gotexcited aboutfishing!!Someone suggestedthat theyneeded aphilosophy of fishing,so theycarefully definedand redefinedfishing,and thepurposeoffishing.They developedfishing strategiesandtactics.Then theyrealized thatthey hadbeen goingat itbackwards.They hadapproached fishingfrom thepoint ofviewof the fisherman,and notfrom thepoint ofview of thefish.How do fish viewthe worldHow doesthe fishermanappear tothefish Whatdofisheat,and whenThese areall goodthingsto know.So theybegan researchstudies,and attendedconferenceson fishing.Some traveledto faraway placestostudy differentkinds offish,with differenthabits.Somegot PhDsin fishology.But no one hadyet gonefishing.So acommittee wasformed tosend outfishermen.Asprospective fishing places outnumberedfishermen,thecommittee neededto determinepriorities.A prioritylist offishingplaceswas postedon bulletinboardsin allof thefellowship halls.But still,noonewasfishing.A surveywas launched,to findout whyMost didnotanswer thesurvey,but fromthose thatdid,it wasdiscoveredthat somefelt calledto studyfish,a fewto furnishfishingequipment,and severalto goaround encouragingthefisherman.What withmeetings,conferences,and seminars,they justsimplydidnt havetime tofish.Now,Jake wasa newcomerto theFishermans Fellowship.Afterone stirringmeeting of the Fellowship,Jake wentfishing.He trieda fewthings,got thehang ofit,and caughta choicefish.At thenext meeting,he toldhis story,and hewashonored forhis catch,and thenscheduled tospeak atall theFellowshipchapters andtell howhe didit.Now,because ofallthe speakinginvitations andhis electionto theboardof directorsoftheFishermans Fellowship,Jake nolonger hastimeto gofishing.But soonhe beganto feelrestless andempty.He longedtofeel thetug onthe lineonce again.So hecut thespeaking,he resignedfrom theboard,and hesaid toa friend,Lets gofishing.They did,just thetwo ofthem,and theycaught fish.The membersoftheFishermans Fellowshipwere many,the fishwereplentiful,but thefishers werefew.。