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Through The Eyes Of A Child by Davedavy: 10:44am On Sep 01, 2015
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 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.

With this the boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks, dad, for showing me how poor we are.


Moral:
Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don't have.Try looking at the world through the eyes of a child. Look at things as if you were seeing them for the first time. Be innocent again.

You just might like what you see and be more grateful for what you already have!

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Re: Through The Eyes Of A Child by Cutehector(m): 10:54am On Sep 01, 2015
True that!
Re: Through The Eyes Of A Child by urchbarbie(f): 8:32pm On Sep 01, 2015
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Re: Through The Eyes Of A Child by Osisie(m): 2:39am On Sep 02, 2015
Omo, forget that yarn abeg. I like that kind of "poverty". Dem for come Nigeria na. The pikin for reason d matter differently.

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