oks. back to me and my "i need to clean my inbox out before hotmail stops my email from comming" (im going BLAH!!!!!!!!!! and GRRRRRRRRR!!!!! cuz im waiting for an email from my ta.. hahaha....so im not a patient one. meh). neways. my mom being my mom, sent this email out to our family mailing list. (yes. im aware of the fact that my family has a mailing list.. and if you've got ngan blood in you and you're not on it... SHAME ON YOU! talk to someone..... i dunno who yet..haha) but yeah.. and i read it a while ago.. but just now, when i re-read it, it was kinda like wow. i really need to refocus. its a sweet lil story about a lil boy and his father. here. enjoy.

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."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!

"Life i s too short and friends are too few."

just when i was worrying... funny how even God's smacking me over the head and telling me to not worry and yet i still worry. *sigh* what a worry wort.