Friday, December 22, 2006

Appreciation

Appreciate what you have...How our lives are, is how WE choose to see it...


One day . . . a wealthy family man took his son on a trip to the country, so he could have his son see how poor country people live.
They stayed one day and one night in the home of a very humble farmer. At the end of the trip, and when they were back home, the father asked his son, "What did you think of the trip?"
The son replied, "Very nice dad."
Then the father asked his son, "Did you notice how poor they were?"
The son replied, "Yes."
The father continued asking, "What did you learn?"
The son responded, "I learned that we have one dog in our house, and they have four.
Also, we have a fountain in our garden, but they have a stream that has no end.
And we have imported lamps in our garden . . . where they have the stars!
And our garden goes to the edge of our property. But they have the entire horizon as their back yard!"

At the end of the son's reply the father was speechless.

His son then said, "Thank you dad for showing me how poor we really are."

Isn't it true that all depends on the lens you use to see life?

One can ask himself what would happen if we give thanks for what we have instead of always asking for more.

Learn to appreciate what you have. Wealth is all in one's point of view, it may not be measured in monetary terms...

I personally choose to measure the wealth I have based on Love.

Indeed, I am very WEALTHY


2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey girl! Finally bumped into your blog :) Welcome to the world of blogging!!

This is definitely a good way to keep ourselves updated with each other. Otherwise, we would never know what's happening with friends, who were once close.

A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year to You!!

Muaks!

December 24, 2006  
Blogger YvonneYong said...

Great. Love catching up with the life of friends thru the blogging world since its most of the time difficult to meet up. But having said that, we must really meet up dear, I still prefer the mode of communication that allows some level of TOUCHING.

2006 may be a difficult year for many esp you dear, but I'm sure year 2007 would be a better year.

Miss u, Vickytoria.

December 26, 2006  

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