Wonder What the Poor People Are Doing?

I have been on holidays the last two weeks but have been at home working most of the time. However last week I went down to the beach and I went for a drive to a nearby town today with a friend. We had big plans of doing so much more than we actually got done. Yet we had a lovely time. Browsing through a really interesting shop that was full of jewellery,  clothes, scarves, books and much more. We just didn't have time to look at everything. We didn't have time to go op shopping. We didn't look in all the towns we thought we would. We didn't do the food shopping we had imagined ourselves doing. We did get to stop at a local park and have some food and hot tea while the dogs had a lovely run around. While we were sitting there just chatting and laughing at the faces her six month old son was making,  while the dogs sniffed all about the place, I said 'I wonder what the poor people are doing today?' Now both this friend and I are living on very small budgets money wise but we both felt very rich and very happy to be in that situation. Money cannot buy a beautiful sunny day. Nor does it buy the easy friendship and conversation that we shared. It doesn't buy the wonderful personalities of the dogs we own or the uniqueness of her dear little boy. We are blessed to be able to spend our time like that and it made us both feel rich. It is that special time that makes the harder times so much easier to deal with.  Remember to count your blessings.