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 you learned 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 of 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!
“Life is too short and friends are too few.”
Very nice post…… indeed its only Perspective…… which makes a man rich or poor…..
the kid prooved that
” child is the father of man”….
a really maeningful n awsome blog…
keep blogging..
Very nice post. True. We have to satisfy what we have and thank God for giving us all these things.
a good story depicting the strength a lady possess and a lesson to others
Fundoo, yaar!!
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ur blog is really nice. keep it up. you have a flair to get to the real issue. in life the real issues are the issues of the heart.
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nice perspective….
wow,nice one!dis son is something!
True enough.
Keep blogging.
Hmmm……
It is not just a story wid lots of humor n sensitivty….
Bt it is a message….
It is a vision….
Ur vision towards life is too good dear…
Keep decoding yr mind…
Keep posting visions…
Nice story with a true message…..