How poor are you?

 

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 the 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 yes", 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 the 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 to 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. 

I bet you are not this intelligent!!

If you ever feel a little bit stupid just dig this up and read it again; you'll begin to think you're a genius.


(On September 17 1994 Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)
Question: If you could live forever would you and why ?
Answer: 'I would not live forever because we should not live forever because If we were supposed to live forever then we would live forever but we cannot live forever which is why I would not live forever'
--Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.


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