A man came home from work late, tired and
irritated to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.
SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the
man said angrily.
SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an
hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make $ 100 an hour."
SON: "Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.
SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow $ 50?"
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 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 $ 50 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 $ 50 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 saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little
boy slowly counted out his money and 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 $ 100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home
early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son and he begged for
his forgiveness.
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.
Do remember to share that $ 100 worth of your time with someone you love.
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 leave behind will feel the
loss for the rest of their lives and come to think of it.
When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the
doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high
and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found
himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just
as fast as his. He smiled a great smile and was answered with 1000 great smiles
just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself,
"This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often." 