Perspective

One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to thecountry 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 beconsidered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the fatherasked his son, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked. "Oh yeah," said theson.
"So, tell me, 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 poolthat reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has noend. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars atnight. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the wholehorizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fieldsthat go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serveothers. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around ourproperty to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, forshowing me how poor we are."
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen ifwe all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about whatwe don't have. Appreciate every single thing you have, especially yourfriends!

"Life is too short and friends are too few."