Lesson Learned

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him 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 live?” the father asked.

“Oh yeah,” said the son.

“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 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, they have friends to protect them.”

The boy’s father was speechless.

Then his son added, “Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.”

Moral:  Love, Unity, Care, Satisfaction is richer than any comfort money gives.

'194' Thoughts on a Story

  1. I like it very much. it is a good story.

  2. yes great i love it

  3. true and I love it but WHY THE COUNTRY WHY CAN’T BE IN THE CITY THERE ARE MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND POOR PEOPLE THEIR but still I loved how he said we have friends to keep us safe :)

  4. WOW,…. AWESOME THINKGING YAAR

  5. Touching story

  6. wow! i like the last part of the story. The kid appreciates how poor lives and that’s make sense, everybody here in this world are equally treated, no matter where you standing at.

  7. This story has to be at least 70 years old because now there are taught in school that urban life is the life to live ,no more green acres today.

  8. Ahamed Musfar PM

    June 1, 2015 at 2:11 am

    Touching one… worthy to read.

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