"My wife and I have had the good fortune to have traveled abroad on

Rotary service projects to half a dozen countries .. so far. We have

worked very closely with people, mostly children, in some extremely
poor areas in Africa and South America. We have seen infants with
mould on their skin in Venezuela, children walking barefoot through
raw sewage in Kenya and a whole family living with nothing but a tree
over their heads in Ghana.
 
When we return home and talk about our experiences to friends and
colleagues we share photographs that depict the abject poverty but
we also often share many photos of children smiling, dancing, laughing
and playing. Invariably, a friend or colleague will note the joy and
happiness and make this observation ..."They are probably happy
because they don't know any better". I beg to differ. They understand
their condition very well. Perhaps we are the ones that don't know any
better. We have so much yet many of us still can't find happiness."