clean away the dirt that has gathered, but this woman’s floor was made of dirt. how do you remove dirt from dirt? why would anyone sweep up a dirt floor?
then it dawned on my dad – that was the best darn dirt floor that she had ever had, and she was not only pleased with her work, but content with her newly cleaned home.
this drove home a point that my dad has talked about over and over again: how do you measure your wealth, and how does that affect your perspective on life?
now, it’s not up to us to challenge other people on what their definition of “poor” is, but 