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LWR
Cognitive Dissonance
Menlo Park, Ca, USA
224 posts, Apr 2001
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posted 05-27-2002 09:09 PM
  
What It Means To Be Poor...
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 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."
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. Makes you wonder what would happen if we all
gave thanks for all the bounty we have, instead of worrying about wanting more. Take joy in all you have, especially your friends.
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Thermit
Tech
Houston, TX
2691 posts, Jul 2000
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posted 05-27-2002 09:11 PM
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Dan Rockwell
Hoka hey! - heyokas!
Stamford, CT, USA
1750 posts, Dec 2001
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posted 05-27-2002 11:44 PM
Excellent story LWR. Thanks for posting it.
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PHANTOM911
Senior Member
341 posts, Oct 2001
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posted 05-28-2002 04:03 PM
Not to be a stick-in-the-mud but when the "farm of what would be considered a very poor family" has "a creek that has no end" "and they have fields that go beyond our sight" and producing food at that, I'd like to be so poor! A very poor family is not represented here. Maybe the workers who come and pick the fields would have been a better analogy for the boy.
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