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HIDALGO COUNTY HERALD FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015 7
Just A Thought
Take time to enjoy and treasure the journey
Rick Kraft
By RICK KRAFT
A few years after graduating
from High School when I was
home from college, my father sat
me down to have a visit. With
tears in his eyes, he apologized
and told me how sorry
he was that he did not
spend more time with
me while I was grow-
ing up. He told me it
is sad how our lives are
laid out; at the same
time that we are rais-
ing our children, we
are working hard seek-
ing to get ahead in our
career.
As a junior at
Baylor University
back in 1979, I remem-
ber my Anthropology professor
telling the class about a study
which showed that if each person
on earth worked only three hours
a day, there would be enough
food, clothing, and shelter for
each of us to live a comfortable
existence.
His point was clear. The fact
that we will each work far greater
than three hours each day is a re-
sult of our desire to get ahead in
this world. I have always remem-
bered that lesson. From time to
time I wonder about the "Ameri-
can way" and the high price we
pay to get ahead.
What we do with our time is
a choice each of us makes. Some-
times it seems that the world con-
trois us rather than us controlling
our world. We wander from one
thing to another as if we are lost
Bullying can affect you in
many ways. You may lose
sleep or feel sick. You may
want to skip school. You may
even be thinking about suicide.
If you are feeling hopeless or
helpless or know someone that
is, please call the UFEUNE at
1-800-273-TALK (8255) For
more resources, visit
StopBullying.gov.
STAND UP
in the trees rather than looking at
the forest as a whole. We get so
wrapped up in the trivial that we
don't spend time on what is im-
portant.
Sometimes we get so fo-
cused on the destina-
tion that we fail to
enjoy the journey.
Our entire world is
shaped around a
point in time in the
future when we feel
everything will come
together. We can still
move towards the
destination, but we
need to remember
the journey is what is
important.
I like this story
about an American banker and a
Mexican fisherman. It brings to-
gether for me my father's sharing
from his heart and the lesson
taught by my college professor.
An American investment
banker was at the pier of a small
coastal Mexican village when a
small boat with one fisherman
came to the bank. Inside the small
boat were several large yellow fin
tuna. The American banker
complimented the Mexican fisher
on the quality of his catch and
asked him how long it took him
to catch those fish. The Mexi-
can said, "It only took just a little
while." The American asked,
"Well, why don't you stay out
longer and catch more fish?"
The Mexican responded, "I
have enough to meet my needs
and to take care of my family.
Why?" The American inquired,
"But what do you do with the rest
of your time?"
The Mexican fisherman said,
"Well I sleep late. I fish a little. I
play with my children. I take a
siesta with my wife Maria. I stroll
into the village each evening
where I sip wine and play the gui-
tar with my amigos. I have a full
and happy life."
The American scoffed at him
and said, "Look, I have a Harvard
MBA, a Master's Degree in Busi-
ness Administration and I can
show you how to spend more time
fishing. With the proceeds you
can buy a bigger boat and then
several boats, and then you
would own a fleet of boats. In-
stead of just selling your catch to
the middleman, you could di-
rectly control the whole market.
You could shove out all of the
middle people, control the can-
nery, and then you could move
from this small village to New
York where you would control
your worldwide empire."
The fisherman with a
puzzled look on his face said,
"How long would this take?" The
American replied, "About 20 to
25 years."
The Mexican said, "But then
what?" The American smiled and
said, "Well that's the best part.
When the time is right, you can
announce an initial public stock
offering and sell your company
stock and become a multimil-
lionaire."
The Mexican looked at him
in bewilderment and said, "And
then what?"
The American said, "And
then you can retire and move to a
small coastal fishing village
where you can sleep late, fish a
little, play with your grandkids,
take a siesta with your wife Maria,
and stroll to the village in the
evening to sip wine, play the gui-
tar, and sing with your amigos."
What a powerful illustration
about the choices that we make.
We work away otir lives looking
forward to a future that we could
enjoy today. We get so wrapped
up in looking upward as we seek
to climb to the top of the ladder
that we fail to realize that by the
time we get there our family is
gone and much of life has passed
us by.
My challenge to you today
is to choose quality of life now.
Don't spend your life trying to
get to where you can be today.
Life happens while we are mak-
ing plans. Life happens while we
fail to make plans. Either way,
each day is lived and then it is
gone. Enjoy and treasure each
step of the journey. Don't over-
work striving for a destination
that you may find empty when
you get there.
Just a thought...
Rick Kraft is a motivational
speaker, a published author, and
an attorney. To submit comments,
contributions, or ideas, e-mail to
rkraft@kraftandhunter.com or
write to P.O. Box 850, Roswell,
New Mexico, 88202 - 0850.
After
HI
will be
68 years serving Hidalgo County,
BISHOP CO.
closing its' doors for good on June 30, 2015
ADDED
THIS
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505 East 10th
CLASS OF
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What an amazsng ride'
Lt a blessinll you have been from your first words, first
steps, first mischievous act, first award, first athletic
competition, first time you took the m ,----.
wrong uniform to a game, first traffic l
citation, first speech, first welding a
head, etc...y0u have made us PROUD[ l l [U
You have so many more firsts ahead l |
of you. l Bill
We cafft wait to see you succeed, |Ell
are so proud of you and love you! [1 ::
Dad, Niklas, Mom, m 5';'
Norm, Moni & deep ' • .:." ---? ::.-':-:-,
A Picture From The Past
By EDMUND SAUCEDOILordsburg
Photo courtesy SILVER CITY MUSEUM SOCIETY 2005 CALENDAR
SANTA .00ITA
Santa Rita, NM, 1915
Mining at Santa Rita, east of Silver City, NM, in Grant County, began shortly after 1799, when a
friendly Apache showed minerals from the copper deposit to Lieutenant Colonel Jose Manuel Carrasco,
a Spanish soldier stationed in Janos, Mexico.. The Spanish soon established a military presidio at the
Santa Rita del Cobre and used convict labor in the underground mines. Mule trains carried the copper
south along the Copper Trail to Mexico City by way of Janos and Chihuahua. It has been said that Santa
Rita was the source for almost all of the copper used in coins in Mexico between 1800 and 1840.
Martin "Matt" Hayes, an experienced mining man from Colorado, bought the property from the
original Spanish owners in 1873. Underground mining continued until 1910 when the open pit mining
method using steam powered shovels was introduced. Over the years a number of major mining compa-
nies have operated the Santa Rita mines, including the Santa Rita Mining Company, Chino Copper
Company, Ray Consolidated Copper Company, Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, Chino Mines
Division of Kennecott Copper Corporation and, most recently, the Phelps Dodge Mining Company.
The Small town, beneath the distinctive landmark known as the Kneeling Nun, was gradually closed
in the 1960s to make way for further expansion of the mine and by 1968, Santa Rita no longer existed.
The site of Santa Rita is now lost in the open pit Chino copper mine which measures more than a mile and
a half across the 1600 feet deep (2005 statistics).
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