Fishermen

Fishermen are special people. This profession is veiled by a halo of mysteriousness and romanticism. Many works of art are dedicated to fishermen. Many novels tell us about their life. This is a separate world, which is different form the one we live in. Fishermen have their special philosophy. They compare the flow of life with the flow of water. They compare everything with water. Why are fishermen so special and why do they have their own philosophy, while, for example, farmers have nothing of this kind? I think that the answer is very simple. Fishermen are spoilt children of fortune. They have too much time for thinking. When they put out to sea, they spend there too much time to fail to think about their life. This is the only thing they can afford, because nothing else is remained to them. Unlike fishermen, farmers are very busy, they have no time to look around, to look at the sky above and so on. They don’t have time for inventing their philosophy and think much of their life. They win their bread by means of hard work. They produce meat. Try to think what a person should do to have meat on his/her table. He/she must raise cattle, nourish it, lay in fodder, etc. to knife cattle is also a very difficult work. Another matter is fishing. You take an almost ready food from the water. The only thing you have to do is to cook it. That is why fishing is a good cover for idleness. That’s where philosophy appears. This is not a philosophy of thinkers but philosophy of idlers!

The sea

How wonderful it is to live at the sea. It gives energy and you have an opportunity to bathe several times a day during the whole summer. Unfortunately, I am not so lucky and have an opportunity to enjoy the sea only once a year, when I am on leave. Besides, I don’t have such a wonderful opportunity each year, as I am either tight for money or have a lot of work to at home. When I stay at home for the whole summer, I have more chances to catch a cold in winter. My health and immunity are strong only when I spend at least two weeks at the sea-side. The sea is the best opportunity to improve one’s health and to keep fit. Swimming and bathing affect positively all organs and the whole body in general. No gym can give you such a perfect opportunity to train all groups of your muscles during rather a short period of time. Of course, swimming can be practiced in a swimming-pool, but I think that you understand that comparing a swimming-pool with the sea is like comparing a lamp and the sun. Swimming-pools are artificial, the water there contains no healthy chemicals and doesn’t invigorate you. Swimming in the sea is much more pleasant and you can spend more time in the sea than in a swimming pool, because in a swimming-pool you get tired of your exercises quicker than in the sea. That is why never neglect an opportunity to go to the sea if you have enough money and free time. It will give energy for a year ahead and improve your health and will make you happy.