Consider how blessed you are to work for the federal government and the National Park Service. Next time, I will tell you about one part of this story. Visit National Park Service Resume Writing Workshop

Consider how blessed you are to work for the federal government and the National Park Service. Next time, I will tell you about one part of this story. Visit National Park Service Resume Writing WorkshopA Federal resume writing workshop is held annually in the National Park Service. This was in the 1970's when I was a young officer and worked for the Park Service.It was there that I learned to be a dedicated federal employee and what the Park Service meant to this country. In addition, there were the national parks I was assigned to during my first two years in the USN. I had never been into the Grand Canyon or visited any of the other national parks before being assigned to the Grand Canyon.In that way, I gained a lot of appreciation for where I was in life when I left the reclusive state of Arizona and entered the main stream world. I joined the labor union and was assigned to work on a national park management staff.It was at one of these staffing assignments in a local constructi on project that I found out how much my view of the world had changed. A lady was on the project and she told me that her husband had just married a Navajo Indian. There were many cultures in those times and I found out later that there were Navajo people in the Grand Canyon and they lived in a separate reservation from the Apache tribe.I was involved in the construction of a visitor center at the Canyon. On the site were many historic stone houses. I was asked to help in planning a ceremonial center to mark the area with its historic history. I was to do all the archaeological work and build a museum for the society living in the canyon.There were several indigenous peoples living there, most of whom were not keen on archeological work being done near their home. We did many things that were rude and uncomfortable for many of them. One incident I will never forget involved avery big battle between native Indians and Park Service personnel. The Indians were being pursued and the pol ice were looking for them.With all the cultural differences and the tension building, I made a call to the park officer in charge. He agreed to send a few of his men to the fight. When they arrived, the Indian warriors surrendered peacefully.I watched their daily life through the window of my hotel room. What happened next is what I will never forget.One of the men climbed up on the roof of a house and tried to jump off, shouting 'He's our friend! The others were willing to die to protect him. The men jumped, and they fell into the canyon. This gave me the idea to build a memorial in the canyon to honor the five who had fallen and ask their descendants to pledge their life as an act of remembrance.This is the story of a young workman who had been placed in charge of that project. I am of European descent and we are blessed to have the opportunities we have. There are so many areas of life, we will never have the opportunities and skills we need to succeed. Some of us live in small t owns, but in order to become successful, we must move to larger cities.I lived in a small town, but I have found the opportunity and the knowledge to reach even greater heights, than I did. I can give you one of those stories now and give you the idea why I did what I did.