1) A wealthy father wanted his son to learn what it means to be poor, so he had the son spend three days with a peasant family. 2) When the son returned, he told his father about the differences he observed between their lives and the peasant family's lives, such as having more animals, using natural resources like a river instead of treated water, and being connected to nature rather than technology. 3) The son concluded that through their preoccupation with possessing more things, he and his father had become poorer by losing their connection to the natural world that God created.