Poor people

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 the trip, the father askes his son: “ How was the trip?”
“ It was great, dad.”
“ Did you see how poor people live?” – the father askes.
“ Oh yeah,” said the son.
“ So tell me, what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father.
Then the son anwered:
“ I saw we have one dog and they had four. We have pool that reaches the middle of the garden and they have a greek 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 a 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 that would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worry about what we don’t have…
Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!
Pass this on to friends and acquaintances and help them refresh their perspective and appreciation.
“ Life is too short and friends are too few.”