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| Article Time Stamp: 09 July 2001, 21:20:26 GMT+7 | |
LET THE POOR SAY I AM RICH
One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to
the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people
can be.
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 asked his son,
"How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they have 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 and they have friends
to protect them."
With this, the boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are."
Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don't
have.
What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession.
It is all based on one's perspective. Makes you wonder what would happen if
we all gave thanks to God for the bounty we have been provided by Him
instead of worrying about wanting more.
Shared by Joe Gatuslao
Philippines