I was supposed to go steelhead fishing tomorrow, but it got rained out; the river was too high, so we canceled. This is the third fishing trip in a row in the last month that has gotten canceled because of weather; bummer. Regularly and often, things go wrong, not how we hoped or dreamed or what we expected. My life seems to go in seasons where a bunch of bummers happen all together, and then there will be a reprieve, and then life goes pretty well. I have lived long enough to know it doesn’t rain forever; the sun will shine pretty soon, and the fish will bite.

A string of rainy days and canceled fishing trips can make a person sad and depressed if they let it. I work at finding a new focus, a substitute for what I was planning, or a replacement guaranteed to be a winner. I am reading the installation instructions for my new Rohloff 500-14 rear hub for my bicycle tonight. I am so excited about getting it on my bike and giving it a test drive down the road. I have read the manual thrice, watched three YouTube videos on installing it, and watched several longer videos about how much more enjoyable riding a bicycle is with a Rohloff 500-14; I can’t wait.

You probably think I am weird getting so excited about a rear bicycle hub, but if you only knew what this baby can do!

The point is, there is something in your life, probably not very far away, that you could focus on that would bring some joy into your life instead of mopping around about what went wrong.