le Voyageur 72 Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 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 can be. 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 can be?" the father asked. "Oh yeah" said the son. "So 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 sevants 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." With this the boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are." Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don't have. What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession. It is all based on one's perspective... (author unknown).... Link to post Share on other sites
SR540Beaver 116 Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 Amen! I'm glad my glass is half full. Link to post Share on other sites
berkshirescouter 11 Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 le Voyageur You need to post this in the Scoutmasters min. section. and a Amen from me also Link to post Share on other sites
red feather 10 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Thanks for the refocus and grist for contemplation. Happy Holidays. yis Link to post Share on other sites
evmori 11 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Excellent Excellent Ed Mori Scoutmaster Troop 1 1 Peter 4:10 Link to post Share on other sites
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