A hungry man goes fishing at a river and hooks a huge fish. He’s so happy he declares that he loves that fish and goes to cook his meal.

But love here is a turn of phrase. He doesn’t care for the fish, want what’s best for it. His love of that fish goes as far as what that fish can give him.
Have you been in a relationship like this? They can be lovers, friends, or even family. But for each, their “love” of someone goes only as far as what that person can give them.
For someone, they’ve invested so much time and energy that they refuse to see it. Others have just normalized being the one who always gives and rarely receives. Don’t get caught up in fish love, because the angler only cares about his next meal.

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Scribbles · 36-40, F

"Hungry for happiness"people like the fisherman in your story are chasing happiness and not truly looking to love someone. They can't yet. They may not even realize that they are doing so, because people sometimes deceive themselves into thinking they feel love for someone because they feel happy in the moment. Or they are so happy they don't want to give it up and let the fish go. Some of them know they are simply chasing momentary happiness, and using someone and are ok with it. most think they aren't harming anyone at all, that as long as their intentions is to not hurt someone then being selfish is fine. But that happiness always fades away at some point and then they can't help but go fishing again. I think a lot of people are like this. It strikes me as a very hedonistic way to live to always be fishing and chasing happiness...and wondering what you will do when you have to move on. Some people aren't like this all the time, but are when they are at their lowest or most depressed. It's natural to be more selfish and chase after whatever will make you feel good when that happens.

Learning how to produce happiness and love and care for yourself internally and have an awareness of why you are chasing happiness and fix that issue does make it easier to show love and care and share happiness with others and hold their happiness as important too. I really wish that it is easier to teach people to do that and I wish it held more importance in people's lives.