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Date Posted: 12:49:01 11/18/03 Tue
Author: Jerry
Subject: perspective


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 so the son would be thankful for all that he had. 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 did you like our trip?"

"It was great, Dad."

"Did you see how those people live?" the father asked.

"Oh 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 have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have fifteen electric lights above our garden and they have millions of stars above theirs. Our back lawn reaches to the fence and theirs reaches all the way to the 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 one another. We have to 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 me wonder what would happen if I gave thanks for everything I have, instead of worrying about what I don't have. This Thanksgiving I am taking the opportunity to appreciate every single thing I have, especially my friends! "Life is too short and friends are too few." Thank you for being my friends!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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