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A Poor Blessing

Like beauty, poverty is often in the eye of the beholder. The story is told of a father of a wealthy family who took his son on a trip to the country to show him how poor people can be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. Upon their return, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” “It was great, Dad.” “Did you see how poor people can be?” the father asked. “Oh yeah,” said the son. “So what did you learn from the trip?” ...

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