How would you paraphrase : "time is but a stream i go fishing in" ( thoreau)?

Answer 1

Time moves forward eternally, and you can't stop it, nor divert it. But you can get alot out of it, if you give the effort.

Answer 2

Time and streams or rivers are often compared because both have a fluid nature. Time is a current that we drift upon like a boat in a stream. Whether we are fishing or not, the stream is still there, constantly moving. In our position on the stream, the upstream portion where we drifted from is the past. Downstream is our future. Both upstream, downstream and our current position exist even though we can only experience our current place, and know not what lies around the bend. For Thoreau, fish may have represented stories or ideas he 'caught' from times past, current or future. Personally, I think we are like the fish, with God the fisherman.

Answer 3

Since when you fish you ussually sit there and nothing happens, just like life, we live on, eat, sleep, work, play, the same routine over and over again, nothing much happens, when you catch a fish is when something happens to you... simply in the very very basic meaning just by looking at this quote though, it means time passes, stuff happens, we are in it.

Answer 4

"someday i'll catch that "wascallily wabbit" !"
(elmer fudd)

we travel the road of life seeking to nourish our souls through experience.