Re: Perspective

On Nov 26, 9:21 pm, bmo...@xxxxxxx wrote:
On Nov 26, 9:13 pm, rst0wxyz <rst0w...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:





Perspective

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 and they have a creek that has no
end.

We have 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."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you
wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for
everything we have, instead of worrying about what
we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially
your friends!

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

Thank God for you--we are so glad we are friends!

That's a nice piece. But I thought you didn't believe in God ;-)

Just received it from a friend back in Arizona. She always tells me
to pass it on. So here it is.
.

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