KINABUKASAN SOCIETY
Towards Unity and Service
How Poor
We Are
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, 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 they have fields that go
beyond our
sight. We have servants and 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 father was speechless.
Then the 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
wanting more.
May God bless you each and every one. Take joy in all He
has given each and
every one of us, especially our friends.
Friends are angels that lift us to our feet when our legs
tire and we fall
in our tracks.
Contributed by Fr. Jesus Emmanuel (Chulie) G. Obias
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