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Friday, December 22, 2006

Question of the Day: Day 356

How do you tell a person who always wants more than everyone else to appreciate what they DO have before they lose what's really important?

posted by Michelle at 9:01 AM


2 Comments:

Blogger WiNgS said...

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 day and nights on the farm of what would be considered a 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.

“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 foods, but they grow theirs”.

“We have walls around us 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? Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don’t have. Appreciate everything that you have!

12/22/2006 9:11 AM  
Anonymous teresa (hg) said...

I'm not sure that you can tell someone... Feeling fortunate & content is an intrinsic thing.

I think that maybe most people have to experience some losses to truly know how blessed they were & to appreciate their present blessings.

12/23/2006 2:28 AM  

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