{"id":3634,"date":"2019-09-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2019-09-25T21:56:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T01:56:36","slug":"how-poor-we-really-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/how-poor-we-really-are\/","title":{"rendered":"How Poor We Really Are!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3634\" class=\"elementor elementor-3634\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-778f671b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"778f671b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-471b6e16\" data-id=\"471b6e16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f3968dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f3968dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<iframe title='How Poor We Really Are 9\/27\/19' src='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/imgvw-c05c4b?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1' data-link='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/imgvw-c05c4b?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1' height='122' width='100%' style='border: none;' scrolling='no' data-name='pb-iframe-player' ><\/iframe>\n\n&nbsp;\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><u>One day a father of a wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of showing him how poor people can be<\/u>.\n<\/strong>\n<strong><em>They spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family. 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They have the whole horizon.&#8221;\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><u>When the little boy was finished, his father was speechless.<\/u> <em><strong>&#8220;Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we really are!&#8221; <\/strong><u>A God Flash<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><em>The little boy saw what the father could not see. Poverty is in the eye of the beholder.\n<\/em><\/strong>\n<u><em>Sixteen years ago when I was returning from my first trip to Haiti, I was struck by what a young couple also on their first trip said to me<\/em><\/u>: <strong><em>\u201cMost of the people we met have nothing, yet as we got to know them, we felt that they have everything and we have so little.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><em><u>I felt much the same<\/u>. <u>The richness of their lives was not in their possessions<\/u>, <u>but overflowing from all the love in their hearts<\/u>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; One day a father of a wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of showing him how poor people can be. 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