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Bridle Ridge 113 Appaloosa, 1999, 3/2, 1809 sq. ft., $147, 000. Relocating. Must sell. Call 361-212-0393.
3/1.5, 2 LA, with large shop/storage, new driveway & landscaping, $95,000, see pics at or leave message at 655-9898
– John 8:36
Today, on this July 4 holiday weekend, I fished and experienced my own simple declaration of independence. There are things about fishing you can learn from other people, but there are certain things that must be gained independently. Some things can’t be handed down from our patriarchs; we each must win our own independence.
People can be taught the basic fundamentals of casting, but until you get in the water in all kinds of conditions, you simply have to fight to discover which cast is best for each situation. Casting is not a right inherited, but a right choice learned.
Independence is knowing when to set the hook and knowing when to wait. No one can give you that freedom of choice. It must come from your own successes and failures. When you can feel the right choice in your own self, then you can declare your own independence.
Then there is the moment you finally hook that fish and the war for independence is really declared. You fight for your right to rule the fish; he fights for his right to be free. The government can dictate what you can keep, but only your own constitution can allow you what you can catch. Now that is freedom.
Fishing is not freedom from..., but freedom to.... “Let freedom ring!”
Dear Lord, on this Independence Day, thank you for the people who gave up their lives so that I can live my life in freedom. That is what You did, too. Thank you for the sacrifice. I salute You, and all others who died for my freedom, Lord.