One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son 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 is great, dad.”

“Did you see how poor people live?”

“Oh, yeah.”

“So tell me, what did you learn from the trip?” the father asked.

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 fields that go beyond out fight. 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 do not have.

Appreciate every single thing you have!

    文章大意： 一天，一位非常富有的父亲特意带着儿子到乡下旅行，他要让儿子知道那的人们生活地多么艰苦。

他们在一个很贫穷的牧场家庭生活了几天。

    回来的路上父亲问儿子这几天的感觉。儿子回答道，“很好。”

   “你知道穷人的生活了吧？”

   “是的，爸爸！”

   “那你从中学到了什么？”

    儿子回答道，“我看到我们有一条狗，而他们有4条狗。我们有一个延伸到花园中央的水池，而他们却有一个没有尽头的小溪。晚上我们花园有提灯，而他们却又漫天的星星。我们的天井通道前院，而他们却有整个地平线。我们有几个仆人侍奉，而他们却侍奉别人。我们买食物，而他们却自己种植。我们有围墙来保护我们，而他们却有朋友来保护。”

    这位父亲哑口无言。

    然后儿子又说，“谢谢，爸爸，谢谢你向我展示了我们有多么的贫穷。我也知道了原来我们很贫穷。”

    我们要珍视自己所拥有的一切！