How poor we really are!
7 commentsOne day a wealthy man took his son on a trip to the country so that he could have his son see how poor country people were.
They stayed one day and one night in the farmhouse of a very humble farmer. At the end of the trip and back home the father asked the son: what did you think of the trip?
Son: Very nice, dad.
Father: Did you notice how poor they were?
Son: Yes.
Father: What did you learn?
Son: I have learnt that we have one dog in the house and they have four. We have a fountain in the garden and they have a stream that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars. Our garden goes to the end of our property, they have the entire horizon as their backyard.
At the end of the son's reply the father was speechless and his son added: "Thank you dad for showing me how poor we really are!"
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April 7, 2007 8:00 PM
Wow...nice post...and how very true.
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April 11, 2007 11:10 PM
This is an excellent story--one that everybody should read. It makes one think about their lifestyle.
April 12, 2007 12:49 AM
True... and sadly also a microcosm of the relationship between the materially wealthy world and the developing world.
April 13, 2007 6:01 PM
That's great..nice parable!!
April 23, 2007 8:13 AM
Wonderful story.
April 29, 2007 7:55 PM
That is brilliant. It really does make you realise what we actually are teaching our children.
Sometimes it seems to me that our perception of reality is constantly challenged by so many of the distractions going on around us:
http://thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/confessions-of-the-digital-age/