Perspective

I received this forwarded email from my friend, Emily, we met at Singapore, but we were from the same country, same state, same city.  Emily now work as air-stewardess, she is beautiful, she is fun, steady and matured.  I like Emily my friend.  I like this story she shared:

Perspective

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 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.

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I hope you like what I shared.

Value every pip we make, learn every pip we lose, thanks Mr. Market who always teach us when we needed a lesson.  Thanks to the universe who give us what we needed - in order to achieve what we wanted.
Thanks to friends and family who trusted me, supported me, helped me.  Life is beautiful.

-Ayumi-

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