Something To Think About

There once was a Mexican fisherman who would get up in the morning and go fishing. By lunch time he had caught enough fish for the day and would come home, sell the fish, eat lunch with his wife, spend the afternoon playing with his kids and napping in the shade and in the evenings he would go down to the bar and play music with his friends.
One day he met an American who asked him, "Are there more fish out there that could be caught?" And the Mexican said, "Yeah, but I catch enough before lunch so I stop fishing and come home." The American said, "You should fish all day and catch more fish so you could increase your earnings."The Mexican asked, "And then what would I do?""You could then buy another boat and hire another captain and catch twice as many fish and earn twice as much. Then you could start to sell your fish to the large corporations."And the Mexican asked, "And then what?""You would keep adding boats until you had an armada and then you could build your own fish factory and ship your fish world-wide! Then you, of course, wouldn't be able to fish any more, you could move to the US and run the company. You would be making tons of money!"And the Mexican asked, "What would I do with all that money?""You would save it!""What would I be saving it for?""So one day you could retire, move to a Caribbean island, fish in the morning, eat lunch with your wife, spend the afternoon playing with your grandchildren and napping in the shade and in the evenings you could go down to the bar and play music with your friends!"