A man came home from work late,
tired and irritated, to find his 5-yearold son waiting for him at the door.
"Daddy, may I ask you a
question?"
"Yeah sure, what is
it?" replied the man.
"Daddy,
how much do you make an hour?"
"That's
none of your business. Why do you ask
such a thing?" the man said
angrily.
"I just want to know. Please tell me, how
much do you make an
hour?"pleaded the little
boy.
"If you must know,
I make $20 an hour."
"Oh," the
little boy replied, with his head down.
Looking up, he said,
"Daddy, may I please borrow $10?"
The father was
furious,"If the only reason you asked that
is so you canborrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other
nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think
about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish
behavior."
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat
down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare
he ask such questions only to get some
money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really
didn't ask for money very often.
The man went to the door of the
little boy's room and opened the door.
"Are you asleep, son?" He asked.
"No daddy, I'm
awake," replied the boy.
"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the
man,
"It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $10
you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank
you daddy!" He yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.
The man, seeing that the
boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted
out his money, then looked up at his father.
"Why do you want
more money if you already have some?"
the father grumbled.
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,"
the little boy replied.
"Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home
early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
Share this story with someone you like.... But even better, share $20 worth of
time with someone you love. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so
hard in life.
We should not let time
slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really
matter to us, those close to our hearts.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us
in a matter of days. But the family & friends we left behind will feel the
loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves
more into work than to our family an unwise investment indeed.
So what is the moral of
the story????
Don't work tooooo hard...and you know what's the full word of family?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU