Lesson on Being Poor

In recent years, one of the happiest times Merri and I had was living in Ecuador in an eight by ten, tin roofed shack with no door. We stayed there in the rainiest of seasons from months and left spiritially refreshed. So often we so easily get caught up in having what others tell us we must that we forget what real wealth is. The irony? When we forget the lessons of real wealth it actaully becomes harder to become rich. Here is a message sent from a kind reader that clarifies this point and I wanted to share it here with you.

		Hi Gary,		I hope all is well with you and Merri. Sure do miss you both and 		hopefully will see you again soon.		Here's something I think you'll both appreciate:		Lesson On Being Poor 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 can be.		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 can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah"		said the son. "So 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." "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."		With this the boy's father was speechless.		Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are."

Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don't have.

Take joy in ALL you have, especially your friends.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

Until next message, good global business and investing!

Gary

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