INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES: May 2012

Thursday, May 17, 2012

A GREAT LIFE LESSON: THE RICHEST ARE THE POOREST AND THE POOREST ARE THE RICHEST!

I wanna share this great life lesson written by the unknown which I believe must be taught to our children. As an educator, a teacher, a mentor, and a trainer, I must instill this in the minds of my learners, students, tutees, and trainees. This is the best lesson that I can share today, May 17th, 2012.

THE RICHEST ARE THE POOREST!

AND THE POOREST ARE THE RICHEST!

" What It Means To Be 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.

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."

http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/innovation-of-the-week-teaching-sustainable-practices-to-sustain-livelihoods/

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. What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession. It is all based on one's perspective. Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty we have, instead of worrying about wanting more."

- Unknown

THE REAL RICHNESS
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Ifugao man with rice god	Closeup of woman holding palay	Rice terraces in Sagada	Ifugao Man
Upland Rice drying in Banaue	Water Buffalo plowing	winnowing rice 01	winnowing rice 02
rice paddy foot	potato farmer	Harvesting Rice 01	eating rice pudding
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output of the rice thresher	harvesting with machine	harvesting and planting on opposite sides of the road	elderly woman scraping for rice grains
dropping palay for winnowing	3 guys carrying rice bundles	planting rice	drying upland rice in their front yard near Banaue
16 ninja harvesting	Carabao tilling	Carrying bundles of rice wearing Nike hat	man with bundles wearing titanic t shirt
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Rice Grains close up	Harvest Mountain Bikes	Upland Rice drying in Banaue 02	home of rice farmer
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harvesting machine (thresher) close up	sticking a bundle	winnowing rice with mountains in background	Rice terraces in Banaue
young women pausing for a drink	planting rice 01	rice fields	rice terraces 01
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