Poor or rich?

As head of some of the top business corporations in the country, he has no time for his only son. But lately, he was a little bit worried that his son was growing up fast and they never had the opportunity of bonding together.

So one day, he took his 7-year-old son on a trip to the province with the intention of showing him how poor people live in rural areas. The father and son spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

“How was the trip?” asked the father on their return from their trip. Great, the son replied. The father asked again, “Did you see how poor people live?” The son answered affirmatively. “So, tell me, what have you learned from the trip?” asked the father.

The little boy did not answer his father immediately. He was thinking and then shared this thought: “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.

The son continued: “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, yet they have friends to protect them.”

Hearing his son’s answer, the father was completely speechless. And even before he could say a word, the son added, “Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are.”