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.
August 7, 2013 at 4:27 am
i love this
August 9, 2013 at 4:06 am
lovely! These kind of stories provide us the needed paradigm shift to make us a little wiser.
August 28, 2013 at 10:32 pm
wow..great story!
October 7, 2013 at 12:59 am
awesome
October 9, 2013 at 7:19 pm
I love the kid. His eyes were opened.
October 20, 2013 at 3:29 am
Beautiful story, the best things in life are free.
October 27, 2013 at 1:20 am
great loved this story can copy in my studies
October 27, 2013 at 1:21 am
great story loved it can copy in my studies
November 13, 2013 at 2:18 pm
Great One!!! :)
December 2, 2013 at 2:18 am
thank you for a great and beautiful story…… :)