Life is short‏

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One day, the father of a very
wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the
express purpose of showing him 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 learned 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 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."

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.

Appreciate every single thing you have,
especially your friends!

Pass this on to friends and
acquaintances and help them refresh their perspective and
appreciation.

"Life is
too short and friends are too few."​