True Wealth

True Wealth 

Once upon a time, a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a tour to the country with the purpose of showing his son how the poor people live so he could be thankful to his father for his wealth.

The father and his son spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their tour, the father asked his son, “How was the tour?” The son replied, “It was excellent, Dad.” Then the father questioned “Did you recognize how the poor people can be? “Oh yeah,” said the son. “So what did you learn from this tour?” the father asked.

Then the son replied, “I recognized that we have only one dog and they had four dogs. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no any end.” “We have imported lanterns in our home and they have the stars at night.” “Our patio reaches up 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 exceeding 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 home to protect us; they have friends to protect them.”

With this the boy’s father was speechless. Then his son said his father that, “Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are.”