poverty ??

I remember I watched a news reel about four years ago while I was at the lowest point of my life although at the time I was still gainfully employed still had my house my car and could still manage my financial commitments. The western reporters showed a digital picture they just took of this family. These do gooder westerners thought they was doing this family a great favor by showing them western wares like a digital cameras and gadgets. The photo they took was of a large family living in a mud hut. The family was reasonable dressed and looked well nourished. I remember the comments of the western reporters "look those poor people they have to live in a mud hut and their only possessions are stored on top of it. These westerner were so dense in there interpretation of these people I wanted to scream. The reporters totally missed the most important point of that photo which was that all ten of them had great big real smiles on there face. I was so jealous of the father in that picture I would trade every western pleasure I own to come home to a happy smiling family he had. I am even willing to bet he owns that mud hut free and clear too and probably gets to go fishing and hunting all day long ( he tells his wife he has to its his job)