A poor man asked the Buddha, “Why am I so poor?”

The Buddha said, “you do not learn to give.”

So the poor man said, “If I’m not having anything?”

Buddha said: “You have a few things,

The Face, which can give a smile;

Mouth: you can praise or comfort others;


The Heart: it can open up to others;


Eyes: who can look the other with the eyes of goodness;


Body: which can be used to help others.”

So, actually we are not poor at all, poverty of spirit is the real poverty.