Renew Your Spirit and Energy

[Carol Anne Kincaid~Paradis]

HAPPY TRAILS

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp,
but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you
Nathaniel Hawthorn

Stand close to the people who understand  suffering but who cling to the truth.

These people are the great allies  of the wounded; these people are the ones 

who faithfully dispense both compassion and challenge at the times we need them most.

Renew Your Spirit and Energy “It’s time for something new.” Remember your first day of school or the first time you rode a bike? Or how about the excitement of your first kiss? The older we get, it seems those “firsts” are fewer and further between. When’s the last time you started something new, or tried something for the very first time? Life gets busy, and we can get so wrapped up in our day-to-day lives that starting something new can seem like an undeserved indulgence. But it shouldn’t be! Starting a new project, trying something you’ve always wanted to, or revisiting an old activity you used to love doing is a great way to renew your spirit and energy. If there’s something you’ve been thinking of doing, but not getting around to – make at least one step toward it today. You deserve something “new” in your life every once in a while. ©Jane Powell  Today’s Affirmation: I am making time for trying new things Ed Killer, Florida Today Mon, April 11, 2022, 11:20 a.m. COCOA BEACH, Florida — A man traveling from England to Florida for a vacation had one thing at the top of his bucket list: to catch a shark. However, what he reeled in was something much rarer. Ian Atherton arrived in the sunshine state earlier this month and joined Capt. Jon Cangianella of Fin & Fly charters in Cocoa Beach April 9 for shark fishing. Cangianella deployed a chunk of bluefish, an oily fish which draws in sharks from a large distance once the scent of the fish gets into the ocean's currents. Soon, there was a bite on the line and Atherton watched a sawfish come out of the water. A 13-foot long sawfish was caught and released Aug. 4, 2021 by anglers fishing with Fin and Fly Charters out of Port Canaveral. The nose of the fish resembles a hedge trimmer and on a large sawfish it can measure up to 4 or 5 feet in length. The fish uses it in the wild by swinging it back and forth through a school of small baitfish. A whack from the saw will stun a small fish allowing the sawfish to pick it up from the bottom since it mouth is located on the underside of the large fish. They also eat crustaceans and other bottom dwelling organisms. What's everyone talking about? Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day 'Maybe a mini Chupacabra': Man finds 'alien' that looks like 'dehaired possum' with claws wash... The sawfish is very closely related to stingrays, not so much sharks, but is sometimes caught using the same methods. They inhabit Florida waters, but their population numbers in the wild are a mere fraction of what their numbers were before pioneer families 120 years ago began fishing coastal waters with nets. Cangianella freed the sawfish from its hook without removing it from the water, and the sawfish swam off healthy and strong. After the unique encounter, they set out for another spot with different bait where Atherton landed a few king mackerel. He never did fulfill his dream of catching a shark, but not many people can say they reeled in a sawfish. This article originally appeared on Florida Today: Florida shark fishing trip for UK man yields surprising rare catch https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/08/06/PBRE/91aa609d-368b-48b7-85f3-26dcc8eb1ffd-saw_6.jpg?crop=3023,1700,x0,y1979&width=3023&height=1700&format=pjpg&auto=webp.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" height="175" class="yiv9897659866ydp320f47b6card-primary-image-cell"> Angels An angel is a guest for he cleans up behind him. Where there has been misunderstanding he returns to clarify; where there has been hatred he offers love. He is never without gifts and always without burden.