Who Is Rich, Who Is Poor? What Recession?(story)

Perspective is a fascinating word; the meaning changes depending upon where an individual is 'standing.'
The following short story illustrates:
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 might be considered a very poor family.

On the return from the 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 you learned 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 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.
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.”

Who was the teacher here?
Who had true abundance?

Perhaps those of us who are fretting about 'stuffology' should stand in the boy's shoes for a moment and give thanks for everything we have instead of worrying about what we don’t have.
What recession?

Taking a fresh view of how I perceive all things!
Rijuta Tooker
Soul-Power Community