Perhaps that is a poor statement in and of itself - wealth is so relative.
Wealth, like fame, is all about perspective.
So, now, in small town America - my family find ourselves below the poverty line. In essence because we chose that lifestyle; large part is that I've chosen to stay at home with our kids. We cut corners, I chew my nails off when making a budget and living by it, we are careful when defining the necessary.
Yet my goal has been to have contentment at where we are at, and to gratitude for what we do have.
When, then, my daughter made the statement that "We are poor!" I asked her why she thought so - the answer was as expected; she can't buy the stuff she'd like.
I told her that we are wealthy compared to other countries, I named a few. I pointed out what we do have and there are so many out there with less. She, at least, has the option to save up for something she'd like, since she gets something that *most* children of the world do not - an allowance.
I think she got it.
My hope is that my kids don't grow up with the idea that they are poor, or lacking. I want them to feel they are fine- cause they are!
There is no poverty in possibilities.
There is riches in gratitude.
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