Is it over here?
Or over there?
Under that rock?
Out on that branch of the tree?
I just love my little games, don't you?
I remember talking about relationships with my friend some time back. For some reason we'd fallen into the metaphor of "the relation-ship" and "many-fish-in-the-sea". I'm far from remembering the exact conversation, but this recently occurred to me:
If I'm sitting in my 'relation-ship' on, shall we say, the 'sea of relations', the only way I'll get my 'fish' is if I 'fish' for it.
Now, the 'hook' stands a chance of hurting my 'fish', so I'd feel bad using that; and using a 'net' would likely give me more than I need - not to mention I'd have to face the task of sorting out the 'inadequate' ones.
So I was thinking about the whole metaphor, and I realized that I had it wrong.
I am a 'fish' too, and not only am I hurting my own kind by being all high-and-mighty 'fishing' from my 'ship'; I am also slowly 'dying' out of the 'water'.
This has been a great 'talk'.
-- Everything's Relative.
