Perspective; Refresh Our Appreciation of Friends
Thea February 12th, 2008
One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with 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 learn from the trip?’ asked the father.
The son answered:
‘I saw that we have one dog and they have four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.
We have 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 this perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all give thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don’t have.
Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!
‘Life is too short and friends are too few.’
if you know that life is too short and friends just few.. than let us making more and more friendship…try to understanding them and give your best can do.. and enjoy your life..
Lebih susah menjaga teman daripada mencari teman yah
get close to your friend, but closer to your enemy, ’cause your enemy will be your closest friend
@ all…let’s make a perpetual friendship:)
allow Thea …. gw mo jadi temen baru nih …
@ Vita…halo Vita cute…..Glad to be your friend:)
Nice story. Many problems start from different point of view.
@ Herry..your are right. Therefore, never stop communicating:)