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A man came home from work late, tired and
irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him
at the door.
"Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
"Yes 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,
"Dad, may I please borrow $10?"
The father was furious,
"If the only reason you asked that is so you can
borrow 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 long hard hours everyday and don't have
time 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, he had calmed down,
and started to think he may have been a little hard
on his son.
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.
Its 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. |
