What Did U Learn My Son??

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 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 live?" the father asked.

"Oh yeah," said the son.

"So, tell me, what you learned 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."

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 you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!

Hi Sunkan Mam,

First one to post a comment ;)

Again a story which makes us to think a lot... You are way coming up with different and interesting stories...

Speechless to what I can comment on... Just want to leave with a Quote from Woody Allen -- The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.

Regards,
Anu

that was simply superb. the way the child percieves

here anubal
is exposure like two great men met and when they were talking the first one said just to travel through my farm my entire day gets consumed, the second one said oh! even i had a car that was hopeless got rid of it and am happy now, do u see the two perception, the first one said his farm is very vast but the second one understood as the car was bad, so one exposure to the other always vary and here when the son came up with answers the father was baffled with because may be he felt the child should know the worth he is living in a rich atmosphere, and it turned out that the son perceived that they were actually poor, now this must had set the father thinking in a different manner..questioning his own life..sunkan

Dear Sunkan,

The son's perception is very good.
We all should learn to perceive like the son but mostly we fail to.

Cheers,
Lakshmi.

Hi sunkan. it's very nice. We must try to think like a son, but do we?

Originally Posted by lakshmi05

Dear Sunkan,

The son's perception is very good.
We all should learn to perceive like the son but mostly we fail to.

Cheers,
Lakshmi.

yes lakshmi,
any day, ikkaraikku akkarai pachai but when reality hits all else go away..sunkan

Originally Posted by dipti255503

Hi sunkan. it's very nice. We must try to think like a son, but do we?

very true we all must think like the son...sunkan