There was a group called "The Fisherman‘s Fellowship". They were surrounded by streams and lakes full of hungry fish. They met regularly to discuss the call to fish, and the thrill of catching fish. They got excited
Someone suggested that they needed a philosophy of fishing, so they carefully defined and redefined fishing, and the purpose of fishing. They developed fishing strategies and tactics. Then they realized that they had been going at it backwards. They had approached fishing from the point of view of the fisherman, and not from the point of view of the fish. How do fish view the world? How does the fisherman appear to the fish? What do fish eat, and when? These are all good things to know. So they began research studies, and attended conferences on fishing. Some traveled to far away places to study different kinds of fish, with different habits. Some got PhD‘s in fishology. But no one had yet gone fishing.
So a committee was formed to send out fishermen. As prospective fishing places outnumbered fishermen, the committee needed to determine priorities.
A priority list of fishing places was posted on bulletin boards in all of the fellowship halls. But still, no one was fishing. A survey was launched, to find out why… Most did not answer the survey, but from those that did, it was discovered that some felt called to study fish, a few to furnish fishing equipment, and several to go around encouraging the fisherman.
What with meetings, conferences, and seminars, they just simply didn‘t have time to fish.
Now, Jake was a newcomer to the Fisherman‘s Fellowship. After one stirring meeting of the Fellowship, Jake went fishing. He tried a few things, got the hang of it, and caught a choice fish. At the next meeting, he told his story, and he was honored for his catch, and then scheduled to speak at all the Fellowship chapters and tell how he did it. Now, because of all the speaking invitations and his election to the board of directors of the Fisherman‘s Fellowship, Jake no longer has time to go fishing.
But soon he began to feel restless and empty. He longed to feel the tug on the line once again. So he cut the speaking, he resigned from the board, and he said to a friend, "Let‘s go fishing." They did, just the two of them, and they caught fish.
The members of the Fisherman‘s Fellowship were many, the fish were plentiful, but the fishers were few.
相关单词：catching
catching解释：adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住
catching例句：
There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
相关单词：backwards
backwards解释：adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地
backwards例句：
He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
相关单词：prospective
prospective解释：adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的
prospective例句：
The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。
相关单词：tug
tug解释：v.用力拖(或拉)；苦干；n.拖；苦干；拖船
tug例句：
We need to tug the car round to the front.我们需要把那辆车拉到前面。
The tug is towing three barges.那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。
相关单词：plentiful
plentiful解释：adj.富裕的，丰富的
plentiful例句：
Their family has a plentiful harvest this year.他们家今年又丰收了。
Rainfall is plentiful in the area.这个地区雨量充足。
