Appreciate what you have - Good story



One day, a wealthy family man took his son on a trip to a village, so that he could have his son see how poor people live.
They stayed one day and one night in the home of a very humble farmer. At the end of the trip, when they were back home, the father asked his son, "What did you think of the trip?"
The son replied "Very nice Dad"
Then the father asked the son, "Did you notice, how poor they were?" and continued asking, "What did you learn?"
The son responded, "I learned that, we have one dog in our house, and they have four"
"Also we have a fountain in our garden, but they have a stream that has no end"
"We have imported lamps in our garden, whereas they have stars and our garden goes to the edge of property, but they have the entire horizon as their backyard."
At the end of son's reply, the father was speechless.
His son then said, "Thank you Dad, for showing me how poor we really are."
Let us learn to appreciate what we have.
Wealth is all in one's point of view.

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