Point of View - Rich or Poor
It all depends on the way
you
look at things. One day a father and his rich family took his
son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor
people can be. They spent a day and a night on the farm of a very
poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked
his son, "How was the trip?"
"Very good Dad!"
"Did you see how poor people
can be?" the father asked.
"Yeah!"
"And what did you learn?"
The son answered, "I
saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a
pool
that reaches to the middle of the garden, they have a creek that has no
end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the
stars.
Our patio reaches to the front yard, they have a whole horizon."
When the little boy was
finished,
his father was speechless.
His son added, "Thanks,
Dad for showing me how poor we are!"
Isn't it true that it all
depends
on the way you look at things? If you have love, friends, family,
health, good humor and a positive attitude towards life - you've got
everything!
You can't buy any of these
things, but still, you can have all the material possessions you can
imagine,
provisions for the future, etc.; but if you are poor of spirit, you
have
nothing!
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