{Thankful Thursday...}

  

A great lesson in life..... a different perspective and thankfulness for what we have....

 

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."

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"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."-Tracy Bassett

SO

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Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as you ever can!

(John Wesley)

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 "Living a good life is like shaving - no matter how good you do it today, you still have to do it again tomorrow."

oh and

♥HAPPY VALENTINES DAY♥
♥I'm Thankful most of all this week for the man I married♥
I am a lucky, blessed girl and I am thankful everyday for that.

AND

{..... let the games begin I love the Olympics I love how it pulls the world together, gives us a stronger since of pride for our country and those competing.
I especially love the theme song {turn your volume up if you haven't heard it yet}... my word for this year is Believe little did I know it was also the Olympic theme this year too!}

...have a fun weekend.... we will but I'll tell you about it on Tuesday!