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. 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 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 walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them. We buy our food, but they grow theirs.”
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.
“And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his commandments.” — D&C 59:21
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What a wonderful story. It really makes you think.
im so grateful to our heavenly father for sending his only beggoten son, to bled and died for us,im so grateful for my savior jesus christ,his pain and sacrifice suffering ,in the garden of gethsemane,in the torture chamber in jerusalem,his mental and emotional anguish were so great ,that is cause him to bleed from evry pore.and in the cross in calvary.