Go fish

 

Going to fish for compliments during a Girls’ Night Out?(USPD/Commons.wikimedia.org)

Three beauties met for sushi. Perhaps they were environmentalists trying to set those dinner bites free. 

Possible fishers of men, the three women soon begin baiting each other: soon sushi and water were flying across the table.

Police arrived. (One almost got hooked by a car as one of the women fled the scene.)

 A bizarre standoff after they followed her home, as she ignored them and refused to get out of her car.

Eventually she wiggled and finned like a dolphin…or a mad 2 year old having a tantrum…

Sound fishy? The reel story:  story and video version with arrest or the restaurant/parking lot security videos.

Mom, out of the frying pan and into the fire isn’t an urban myth. (USPD/Commons.wikimedia.org)

People are always fishing for the answer of how to raise strong, well-balanced children who grow into stable, productive adults.

 “A new study from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that kids and teens who are raised with religious or spiritual practices tend to have better health and mental health as they age. But not to worry if you’re not a service-attender. The research published last week in the American Journal of Epidemiology, finds that people who prayed or meditated on their own time also reaped similar benefits, including lower risk of substance abuse and depression later on…”

(Read the rest: “Raising kids with religion or spirituality may protect their mental health”)

Simple meditation seems to net big results.

Many easy-to-get-along-with people seem to feel religions have commonalities. Many roads to the same destination.

Rain, rain, go away! Sigh. (© Image)

Consider the Catholic Pope and the Tibetan Buddhist Dalai Lama

• Both wear robes
• Both ended up in similar places: one resides on the Temple Road in McLeod Ganj in what is called the Dalai Lama Temple. The other lives in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican.
• Neither one was born or raised in their current residence or country.
• The Pope has his own army and government. The Dalai Lama may be chased by an army and a hostile government.
• Both have to deal with scandals by their priests or teachers. Both denounce them. (Dalai Lama here. New US Catholic bishops policies here)
• The Pope feels all refugees and immigrants should be cheerfully welcomed and provided for – share what you have. (2018 Message World day of Migrants and Refugees here.). The Dalai Lama feels refugees should be sheltered, educated, then they should go home to improve their own countries (Story here)
• Both are considered holy and have many who look to them for guidance.
• The Pope says his is the only way. The Dalai Lama is a little more open minded.

Considering the scale of things, a small pond isn’t always so bad. (Scrud 123/Commons.wikimedia.org)

Alike but different about fish, too.

The fish in Buddhism may symbolize happiness, well-being, and freedom.

Early Christians adopted the “sign of the fish” as secret symbol and later there was the loaves and fishes thing.

Schools tried to make all of us eat fish on Fridays, but we didn’t. Many roads to the trash can.

Fish tossing. Maybe not so unusual after all.

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge.

“It’s Friday. You know what it is.” You didn’t want to be the dinner guest at some friends’ houses on Fridays. (USPD/Commons.wikimedia.org)

 

 

 

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