One day,
the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with
the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and
nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip,
the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people
live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what did you learn
from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered:
"I saw that we have one dog and
they had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the
middle o f our garden and they have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our
garden and they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front
yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to
live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but
they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow
theirs.
We have walls around our property
to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks Dad
for showing me how poor we are."
Isn't perspective a wonderful
thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything
we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.
Appreciate every single thing you
have, especially your friends!
That was very touching and a message I needed to hear this morning. Thank you for posting that. I'm going to copy and paste that in an email and send it to some friends.
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