"Stories on the Sabbath" - Who are the 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."

He continued, "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."

Wth 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 to God for all the bounty we have been provided by Him, instead of worrying about everything we don't have and wanting more.