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. AKASH PACHCHIGAR

    April 25, 2013 at 6:18 am

    Nice Story!!! It gives us a good inspiration…!

  2. I really enjoyed!!! Nice one.

  3. Live is al abt how satisfactory u can get 4rm it

  4. what is satisfaction?

  5. great story!

  6. How touching story it is! Truly fantastic. ireally loved the boy in the story. A lot can be learned from the story. The boy has a heart filled with greatness. Got real satisfaction out of it.

  7. Chris Govender

    July 26, 2013 at 2:39 am

    Amazing. Eye-opener

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