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.'

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.'

Been there, Ill take the cash.

im sure we all have been there.. and you surive one day at a time...

if i met a guy that had wealth i would be happy to live in a cabin in the woods then to show off a fancy house...

Wow makes me think and be greatful for what I have !!!

What if the poor family wasn't in the country on a farm but some hobo under a highway eating cat food and lying in his feces and filth?

And what if that rich person just decided to buy out the mortgage on the poor guys farm and kick them off just for spite.

Point is, sentiment is nice, and yes we should appreciate things but not having money sucks. Here in philly if you're poor, you probably live in a very dangerous neighborhood, your children grow up with drug dealers on their street corners and gangbangers as neighbors. They live with hunger, violence, lack of opportunity, lack of role models, their parents work 2 jobs leaving their young kids to be raised by the streets. It's probably good to have both money and perspective.

He makes a point, where I'm from poor people don't live on farms.

And you know the kid just texted this whole thing to his dad from his brand new iphone

just trying to bring it back to levity.

Ah, that damn iphone.

One GOOD freind is worth their weight in gold. Be greatful for what you have. Life is what you make it

And my all time favorite happiness is home made.