A father who was very wealthy took his son on a trip to the Southern states with the firm purpose of showing his son how “poor people” live. They spent a couple of days on a farm of a poor relative. On their way home, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” The son answered, “It was great, Dad.”
“Did you see the way poor people live?” the father then asked.
“Oh, yes!” the son said.
The father then asked, “So what did you learn from the trip?”
The son replied, “I saw that we have just one dog and they have four. We have a pool in our backyard and they have a creek with no end. I saw that we have lanterns in our yard but they have a sky full of stars at night. I saw that our patio reaches to our front yard but they have the whole horizon before them. I saw that we just have a small lot to live on but they have fields as far as the eyes could see. I saw that 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, but they have friends.”
With this the father was speechless.
The son then added, “Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are.”
The moral of this story is: Too many times, in our blindness and pride, we concentrate on what we do have and on what others don’t have. Each one of us needs to be thankful for what we have instead of worrying and always wanting more. Learn to live joyfully at all times.
-Author Unknown
Pastor George Belobaba
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