Today I went fishing with a couple of friends. We got up at 4:00 am, left Jefferson at 5:00 am, and drove 3 hours up the Columbia River gorge to the mouth of the John Day River, where we planned to fish for Walleye. The problem we ran into was that the wind blew 20-plus miles per hour all day, and we had a tough time fishing. We drove all that way, so we worked hard at it and caught a few fish after fishing for about 6 hours. We then drove 4 hours home. It took us 4 hours to go home because we went through Portland at 5:00 pm. So, all in all, you would call that a rotten day, but we had fun with the challenges and just being outside on the river. That is the cool thing about fishing: you don’t have to catch fish every outing to have a good time.

A key to running the race of life with endurance is to have fun even on bad days. It is possible if you think right and are with the right people. I always have fun with certain people, no matter what we do or how bad it turns out, and I rarely have fun with others, no matter how successful the event is.