How the poor live   70 comments

Posted at 12:11 pm in Touching stories

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, 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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Story Posted by Stephen on September 16th, 2009

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70 Responses to: How the poor live

  1. samantha albert -- 30 Nov 09 at 3:21 pm

     

    this was so funny especially the end

  2. Shazia -- 2 Dec 09 at 4:08 am

     

    I hope this is a real truth of our life, till we are lacking of love of others we are remain poor only.., how much money we may have.., I believe a person who live his life in scarce resources happily is a true achiever in his live..,

    Thanks for such a good message :)

  3. Jeeva -- 3 Jan 10 at 2:54 am

     

    This was a nice story, i am angry with samantha for saying this story as funny..

  4. nice -- 24 Feb 10 at 4:14 am

     

    its so inspiring

  5. Hritu shah. -- 19 Apr 10 at 6:33 am

     

    I also want to visit my village. I am also speechless

  6. harshal -- 27 Apr 10 at 5:37 am

     

    this is a very good story and this is also a real story which the owner of ford tried this with her granddaughter

  7. eric -- 2 May 10 at 9:17 am

     

    i hate this story..while the observation was reasonable, the boy failed to get the real message of the trip!

  8. ske7 -- 12 May 10 at 11:04 am

     

    KUL STRY (^^^)

  9. Pranav -- 8 Jul 10 at 5:20 am

     

    This is an excellent creation. Not just looking at one side but both sides of the same coin.

    We must learn the real message behind it…..

  10. aastha gosain -- 8 Aug 10 at 12:13 pm

     

    really a good 1 …………………:)

  11. aastha gosain -- 8 Aug 10 at 12:33 pm

     

    a really touchy one ………………:(

  12. Chris MS -- 10 Sep 10 at 7:18 am

     

    Richness or poverty is on the eye of the beholder. I always think i’m rich… atleast in the heart. Thanks God!

  13. Sandhya -- 14 Sep 10 at 6:33 am

     

    William Wordsworth saw it right…
    Child is the father of man ! This story proves it…
    A good one indeed !!! :-)

  14. carmen -- 21 Sep 10 at 10:41 am

     

    its nice
    i have heard it before also
    but u reminded me of it
    thx for reminding :D

  15. ashwanilove -- 7 Nov 10 at 2:37 am

     

    ashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  16. Aben -- 18 Nov 10 at 6:47 am

     

    it is a good and meaningful story

  17. danely -- 21 Nov 10 at 10:15 pm

     

    thnx for a very wonderful story.. it shows that not all rich people are rich enough.

  18. sony matharu -- 1 Dec 10 at 9:13 am

     

    thanx for reminding us what we are !

  19. honey -- 12 Dec 10 at 4:13 am

     

    very nice……….i m spechless

  20. priyanka kadam -- 18 Dec 10 at 10:30 am

     

    THANKS FOR OPENING MY EYES

  21. milly -- 11 Mar 11 at 9:25 pm

     

    We think that giving material things is what make our children happy but all children really want is to be free run with the chickens and run there feet in the stream and eat an apple off the tree and read them a story for bed thats being rich and happy.

  22. Seshu -- 16 Mar 11 at 4:50 am

     

    What a great story infact all the boy told was so true.

  23. niraj gupta -- 28 Mar 11 at 1:50 pm

     

    It is really good & Touchy story,
    thank for this inspirational creation

  24. harvinder kumar -- 13 Apr 11 at 7:13 am

     

    its very deep thought which can be dig into artificial hearts.

  25. Swati -- 10 May 11 at 10:01 am

     

    It is an amazing story..

  26. santoshi -- 18 May 11 at 12:50 am

     

    really motivating story i like it

  27. Nanda Salunkhe -- 19 May 11 at 1:45 am

     

    Thanks for sharing this story with us…

  28. naveen -- 20 May 11 at 7:34 am

     

    really awsme…… it has a gr8 meaning…worth story….

  29. aiko -- 8 Jun 11 at 5:46 am

     

    nice story! so inspiring :)

  30. Phachas -- 16 Jun 11 at 7:55 pm

     

    heheheheh that was funny, really funny, the boy is smart… :)

  31. Agribefa -- 27 Jun 11 at 7:47 am

     

    The poor have the piece of mind and the free will to live. The opposite is for the rich, who are enclosed, en-caged, etc

  32. Sahib -- 1 Jul 11 at 1:05 pm

     

    Nice story :D

  33. Neeraj Thapa -- 7 Jul 11 at 7:16 am

     

    Very effective story, able to be appreciated.

  34. Kagiso Seothaeng -- 10 Jul 11 at 12:26 am

     

    This pierce teaches me how we ppl like to limit ourselves. God gave us the world to live at, we created borders, visa, passports, all these are limitations. THE TIME OF PASSWORD… The will come where a password will be required to enter a church, and we call it advance, I call it limitation…

  35. Himanni -- 10 Jul 11 at 2:12 am

     

    Amazing story!!! :D

  36. Prashanth Naik -- 10 Jul 11 at 2:15 am

     

    I don’t know who aurhored this story. Whoever it may be, I hats off to him or her for such a beautiful and meaning ful story. It’s the story which really gives the message about many things like, postive attitude, open mindedness, etc.

    Once again congratualations for a master piece.
    Dr.Prashanth Naik, Mangaloare.

  37. Girlygirl -- 12 Jul 11 at 9:03 am

     

    Haha! Clever boy!

  38. naveen -- 24 Aug 11 at 8:20 am

     

    nice story very inspirable..

  39. naveeng -- 24 Aug 11 at 8:21 am

     

    fantastic story….

  40. Rajneet Kaur -- 3 Sep 11 at 4:28 am

     

    awesome story i liked it so much especially the perception of boy to identify the things positively who made his father speechless………….wonderful story thank to its author

  41. Priyanka Kumari -- 9 Sep 11 at 3:55 am

     

    Material things didn’t matter in life……………FAMILY, FRIENDS are the people that matters in life

  42. Ritika -- 18 Oct 11 at 10:43 am

     

    It is something that every rich people must read

  43. Basil P Alias -- 19 Oct 11 at 7:50 am

     

    This was a wonderful story which gives a good message.some peoples says this story awesome,fantastic, amazing etc. But i don’t think they take the moral of this story in their practical life!!!

  44. nalini -- 27 Oct 11 at 6:16 am

     

    Fantastic story, really give message to us, that money is not everything, beyond money we also need people in our life for love , relationship & help when need.

  45. Akarsh -- 1 Nov 11 at 11:40 pm

     

    Nice story. A different prospective to the see the world. It’s our choice how we see the world around us. lets see it in a positive way.

    “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a paradise from adversity , or create a prison from blessing.”
    -JOHN MILTON-

  46. Monal Thakkar -- 8 Nov 11 at 1:57 am

     

    Superb thought…. truely a vision twister.

  47. Aditya -- 10 Nov 11 at 10:00 am

     

    Nice story……….very inspirable……..(:-)

  48. Isha -- 11 Nov 11 at 11:03 am

     

    The same story I had last year in my moral book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but it is one of my favorite stories :)

  49. Partha -- 12 Nov 11 at 10:25 pm

     

    It is a good story for me. Now I saw that… what is the different between poor and… rich..

  50. Gaurav_Luthra -- 15 Dec 11 at 8:08 am

     

    If u r happy with all you got, then your poorness or richness doesn’t matter.

  51. Shivani Hablani -- 28 Dec 11 at 1:31 am

     

    Nice

  52. Raj -- 17 Jan 12 at 2:35 pm

     

    It’s a very good and reasonable story.

  53. Yogesh Kumar -- 21 Jan 12 at 3:38 am

     

    Excellent story

  54. Shobi Abbi -- 22 Jan 12 at 10:56 am

     

    This story is very nice. I like it….. this story is not funny, this helps us to understand how the poor lives.

  55. Fxcityglobal -- 4 Feb 12 at 4:46 am

     

    Nice message

  56. Charles -- 6 Feb 12 at 1:08 pm

     

    Really disgusting story that tells one of the biggest lies imaginable, that poor people’s lives aren’t that hard. You should be ashamed of yourself for posting this dishonest and completely asinine story. Non-poor people love it because it claims poor people ‘s lives are just like ours, and thus absolves them of any responsibility to help.

  57. Abhishek Pani -- 17 Feb 12 at 3:42 am

     

    In fact this is a touching story. This story completely goes in line with my way of thinking. I really love such stories.

  58. Shadde -- 26 Feb 12 at 5:47 pm

     

    I reed many stories after this one trying to find the perfect one for a presentation and only to realized that i have come rite back to how the poor live. This message is such an inspirational and funny one because whats one treasure is, is a next one live and what is someone live is someone treasure. It’s funny because it goes to show happiness is not all in money and i sure when one fines the story funny is not, ‘literally.’

  59. Anupama -- 6 Mar 12 at 1:48 am

     

    A really nice story, inspiring one… keep it up!

  60. Jake -- 25 Mar 12 at 9:11 am

     

    THAT… was awesome. I’m going to use it in my story telling programme to the kids.

  61. Naz -- 3 Apr 12 at 10:50 am

     

    Really, really heart touching, inspiring, and motivational. Hope to see more stories coming up ;)

  62. Narendra -- 8 Apr 12 at 7:43 pm

     

    Really awesome and inspiring good story.

  63. Cysky Busi -- 16 Apr 12 at 10:27 am

     

    What a nice message. Thanx for making us see the worth of what we are and have. Very interesting!

  64. Sunky -- 17 Apr 12 at 5:02 am

     

    Lovely… keep passing the message.

  65. AKANKSHA -- 27 Apr 12 at 2:04 am

     

    It is a lovely story.

  66. Ignitius -- 27 Apr 12 at 10:49 am

     

    Samanta, are you on drugs? Learn not to spoil the mood of people who have a heart for a good story. Apart from that, money can’t buy the treasures of life.

  67. Ankisha agrawal -- 29 Apr 12 at 9:38 pm

     

    I liked this story very much …..IT IS VERY NICE*********I’M SPEECHLESS

  68. Bryan -- 2 May 12 at 6:54 pm

     

    There are some people who are very poor that the only thing they have is money.

  69. lamia -- 7 May 12 at 8:25 am

     

    Really touching story. I liked a lot.

  70. Nguyen -- 16 May 12 at 1:43 pm

     

    Great God! I am speechless, n heart touching. It is a really nice story. The rich do know how the poor live, but………. Hope to see the more stories coming up! Thanks!! Hope the best for u guys!

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