A very meaningful story

The poor are richer than the Rich

Message: 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 & 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 & they had four.

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our
garden & they have a creek that has no end.

We have imported lanterns in our garden & they
have the stars at night.

Our patio reaches to the front yard & they have the
whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on & 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."

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Isn't perspective a wonderful thing?
It makes you wonder what would happen if we all
gave thanks for everything we have, instead of
worrying about what we do not have...