A rich father who wanted his son to know what it was like to be poor brought him to live with a farming family for a few days.
The child stayed there for 3 days and 3 nights.
Back
in the car on their way to the town, his father asked him:
"And
your experience?"
"Fine,"
replied the boy.
"Did
you learn anything?"
The boy then explained:
1. "We have a dog, and
they have four of them.
2. We have a pool with treated
water. They have a river with crystal clear water, fish and other good things
3. We have electric lights in
our garden, but they have the stars and the moon to light them up.
4. Our garden extends to the
fence. Theirs up to the horizon.
5. We buy our food; they
cultivate, harvest, and cook it.
6. We listen to CDs ... they
hear a sustained symphony of birds, crickets, and other animals ...... all of
this, sometimes accompanied by the singing of a neighbour who works on the
farm.
7. We use the microwave. What
they cook tastes much better cooked on a slow fire.
8. We are surrounded by alarm
fences to protect ourselves ... They live with open doors, protected by the
friendship of their neighbours.
9. We are connected to the
telephone, computer, and television. They are in communion with life, sky, sun,
water, fields, animals, friends and families. "
The
father was impressed with his son's feelings. Then finally the son concludes: "Thanks
for showing me how poor we are!
Every
day we get poorer because we no longer look at nature !!! "
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