Looking for Things that Don't Exist

When I lived in Germany, I purchased a painting of three little boys fishing in a wash basin and the caption read, "wo ist der Fisch?" Translated, where are the fish?


I still have that painting and I smile every time I pass it. The essence of that painting could apply to any number of things. Last week on a trip to the doctor's office with my mom, we got into the elevator. There are only two floors in the medical building '" the first and the second. I heard a man say, "Why not just mark the buttons "Up and Down." I chuckled at his suggestion.


Can you imagine someone looking for the third floor? I have searched for things that do not exist from time to time such as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, the winning lottery ticket and the perfect candidate for the Presidency. There are some things worth searching for and others that simply do not exist.


Mary Engelbreit once said, "If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change the way you look at it." There are no fish in the wash basin. The little German boys in the picture keep on fishing and looking for them. There are only two elevator buttons in the elevator at the Medical Imaging facility. There is only one lottery ticket that may ever be the winner, but folks will keep looking and hoping for that pot of gold.


I think we would all like to believe in the happily-ever-after or the happy ending. Sometimes it just doesn't exist but you should keep on looking for it or just "change the way you look at it" and maybe you will find it. Sometimes the fun is in the fishing even when the fish aren't there.

Just ask my husband because he hasn't caught a fish in years but he keeps fishing.

Bing Crosby and Louie Armstrong sing "Gone Fishing" '" listen here. Gone fishing instead of just wishing -- .


Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqdtzJvliMk