One day a father and his rich family took his son to a trip to the country with the purpose of showing him how poor people can be. He wanted him to understand how blessed they were.
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, "What did you think of the trip?"
"It was great Dad!" the son replied.
"Did you understand now, how poor people can be?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah!" said the son.
"And what did you learn?" asked the father.
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, but they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, but they have the sky lit with the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard, but they have a field and the whole horizon." On and on the boy went listing all the thing the family "had". He finished saying "Thanks Dad for showing me how rich they are and poor we really are!"
The lesson here reminds us how powerful perspective can be. What one person see's as poor another see's as rich. All we need to do is shift our perspective and realize what riches we have in our lives.
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