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 150 pesos an hour.'
SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head
down. SON: 'Daddy, may I
please borrow 75
pesos?'
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 don't work hard everyday for such
childish frivolity's.'
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 75 pesos 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 75 pesos 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 150 pesos 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 150 pesos 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 hours... But the
family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of
their lives.
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