In The Perception Of The Poor...

Hello Everyone...
This series of posts will be a bit different, I don't know if any of you will be interested to read it but I am mainly writing it for the sake of "saving" it for a future use.
I've been collecting some short-stories for children that have some kind of a moral to learn from them...And since we have to put bases for concepts like: love, happiness, trust, honesty..etc from a child's early stage (I believe until he/she reaches the age of 6), the narration of such stories can help raise smart children in the future...So, the first story will be: "In the perception of the poor"...

One day a father and his rich family took his young son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son: "How was the trip?"
"Very good, Dad" his son said.
"Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked.
"Yeah!" said the son.
"And what did you learn?" The father asked.
The son answered: "I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden, they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars. Our patio reaches the front yard, they have a whole horizon"
When the little boy was finishing, his father was speechless!
His son added: "Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are!"

Isn't it true that it all depends on the way you look at things? If you have love, friends, family, health, good humor and a positive attitude towards life, you've got everything!

You can buy any of those things. You can have all the material possessions you can imagine, provisions for the future..etc but if you are poor of spirit...You have nothing!