A LESSON ON LIFE

One day, my father took me on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing me 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 the return from the trip, the father asked me, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?"the father asked.
"oh yeah," I said.
"so, tell me,what did you learn from the trip ?"asked the father.
I answered :
"I saw we have one dog and they had four.
We have pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end .
We have imported lanterns in our gardens an 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 and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serves us,but they serves others.
W buy our food,but they grow theirs .
We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
My father's was speechless.
Then i added ,"Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are."
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? it 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 thingyou have , especially your friends!
Life is too short and friends are too few."