Making a poor man happy.......

   Was visiting with Daddy and Mom yesterday and Daddy was telling me of a segment on the news that he had watched the day before.
   It begins as the Dad was standing along the highway holding a sign stating that his family needed a roof over their head and he would accept any help. One lady stopped and told him she had an extra room at her home and gave him the address. He hurried to his family and they made their way to her home. It showed the family in a small bedroom with everyone setting on the bed. Mom, Dad, the five kids and the family dog. Everyone was smiling and happy to have a roof over their head. The Dad stated they we all so happy and thankful of the kindness that the lady had shown to them. The kids were laughing and caring on as kids do with not a care in the world. He told of how another lady had offered him a job of parking cars at an amusement park for $10 an hour and he said that was the most he had ever made for an hours pay. He said he felt like "king of the world." His family was warm and dry and all together. Actually, they felt as if they had just won the lottery.
   Daddy said that it don't take much to make a poor man happy. Everyday folks complain that their car isn't new enough, their house doesn't have enough room or they need a swimming pool. We're never satisfied with what we have. We as a nation always want bigger and more pricey items. We complain every day about not having what the neighbor has. How many times today have you said  to yourself...Oh, I wish I could have_______.
   Here was a family with hardly nothing but a few clothes and they were happy just to be all together in one small room with only one bed. We don't know how good we have it. We take for granted all the little things that we have and always want more. Is your health good? Are you happy? Do you have food for supper tonight? Do you have a roof over your head?
Look around....look at all the things that you have that so many folks dream of. You're a rich man to them. They proably wish they were you. When you lay your head down tonight in your cool house think of that family and the many other familys who are sleeping in their cars or under a bridge or in the park covered with a card board box. Look up and say thank you Lord for all that I have been blessed with and help me to help someone tomorrow.