Friendship and the mails that implore you to save it!
I am totally tired of reading mails that project a holier-than-thou attitude and tell a small fable that is supposed to move us into cherishing our friends/parents/realtives/pets/asses/etc and therefore, I have created this real-life scenario. Read on...
Who's poor???
Following is the Holier-than-thou-attitude-wala story of a wealthy father and his wise-beyond-his-years son.
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son 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 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! Please pass this page on to friends and acquaintances to help them refresh their perspective and appreciation. "Life is too short and friends are too few."
Now, look at how the story would have really unfolded if an actually wealthy father had taken his city-bred brat to a village.
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of showing his son how the poor and downtrodden live a meaningless and wretched life. They spent a total of two hours in the shit-hole that the farmers called their home. The son started running away from the place as soon as he saw the food that was placed in front of them. The father, who ran behind his son, caught up with him and asked him, "Now, son, do you see how the poor people live?" The aghast son replied, "Yes, dad!" And he puked a little. The father asked his son, "So tell me, what did you learn from this trip?" The son answered, "I saw that we have two healthy dogs while these farmers have 16 mongrels with attitude problems so bad that no one knows which one will bite you next! We have a swimming pool with clean, chlorinated
water, while these wretches have a creek that's filled with industrial pollutants. We have imported lanterns in our garden whereas the hopeless excuse that they call a garden hardly HAS any plants! Our patio reaches to the front yard whereas these excuses for humans are still fighting about which land belongs to whom! We buy organic food whereas they grow shit-stuff full of pesticides and fertilizers that they sell on the market to our less-fortunate city brethren! We have walls around our property to protect us, whereas these assholes don't and that's because they don't HAVE anything worth stealing!" The boy's father was speechless! Then his son added, "Thanks dad, for being rich and not making our family live in such shitty
surroundings!
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL PERSPECTIVE!
Who's poor???
Following is the Holier-than-thou-attitude-wala story of a wealthy father and his wise-beyond-his-years son.
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son 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 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! Please pass this page on to friends and acquaintances to help them refresh their perspective and appreciation. "Life is too short and friends are too few."
Now, look at how the story would have really unfolded if an actually wealthy father had taken his city-bred brat to a village.
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of showing his son how the poor and downtrodden live a meaningless and wretched life. They spent a total of two hours in the shit-hole that the farmers called their home. The son started running away from the place as soon as he saw the food that was placed in front of them. The father, who ran behind his son, caught up with him and asked him, "Now, son, do you see how the poor people live?" The aghast son replied, "Yes, dad!" And he puked a little. The father asked his son, "So tell me, what did you learn from this trip?" The son answered, "I saw that we have two healthy dogs while these farmers have 16 mongrels with attitude problems so bad that no one knows which one will bite you next! We have a swimming pool with clean, chlorinated
water, while these wretches have a creek that's filled with industrial pollutants. We have imported lanterns in our garden whereas the hopeless excuse that they call a garden hardly HAS any plants! Our patio reaches to the front yard whereas these excuses for humans are still fighting about which land belongs to whom! We buy organic food whereas they grow shit-stuff full of pesticides and fertilizers that they sell on the market to our less-fortunate city brethren! We have walls around our property to protect us, whereas these assholes don't and that's because they don't HAVE anything worth stealing!" The boy's father was speechless! Then his son added, "Thanks dad, for being rich and not making our family live in such shitty
surroundings!
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL PERSPECTIVE!
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