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Weekly "Dicho con Café"
"No sabemos lo que vale el agua hasta que se seca el pozo"
The author's translation is:
"We don't know the value of water
until the well runs dry"
What this means is that we don't appreciate something until we don't have it any more. This can apply to many things in life including family, when that special person is no longer around and we wish we had visited or had one more conversation with them, or friends who for one reason or another didn't keep in touch. This is also true of many other things in life that we no longer have. Og Mandino once said that "Your greatest joys will one day be your greatest sorrows and your greatest sorrows at one time were your greatest joys!" In other words, learn to appreciate what you have and let other know that you appreciate whatever they have to offer even if it's just friendship.
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More About John A. Flores
As a youth living on a farm outside of Madera, California,
Mr. Flores didn't have the luxury of having high-school friends living nearby, so he could toss a baseball or football around with someone his age. His sole playmate was his sister, who was a year-and-a-half younger. While there are girls who can toss a baseball or football, his sister wasn't a natural athlete, so practicing with her didn't help him very much in developing his skills, as he had to stand close to her to catch her erratic throws or step back so that he could launch a baseball or long football pass which she never caught! Nonetheless, Mr. Flores went out for football in high school, and he made the football team as a quarterback! He also became his school's handball champion even though he could only use the handball courts during school hours, since he lived on a farm miles outside of town, and work was the rule of life after school ended for the day, as well as on the weekends. He went on to Fresno State where he made the college team as a quarterback, and was a backup to a very talented person that the new coach brought along with him from Illinois. It was a fun experience and he enjoyed seeing some of his teammates going on to play professional football, and Mr. Flores has remained a sports enthusiast over the years and enjoys the three major sports of football, basketball and baseball, which he watches when he has an opportunity.
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When he's not writing books, Mr. Flores makes presentations to local, regional and national groups, using dichos to motivate his audiences. You can contact him for speaking engagements at (559) 456-0128 or you can click here to email him personally!
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