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A CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE

A CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE

One day a 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 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 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 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."

"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."

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.

Take joy in ALL you have,
especially your friends.

Thanks to the many sources and the teachers for this knowledge
and wisdom that is helping us on our journey.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

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