Bizarre!
- My Son
This
story is really meaningful I hope that you can spare some time to read
it.
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?"
"Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man.
"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 100 Pounds an hour."
"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.
Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow 75 Pounds?"
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 behaviour. "
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
he may have been a little hard on his son. Maybe there was something he
really needed to buy with that 75 Pounds 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 Pounds 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 notes.
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 100 pounds now. Can I buy an hour of your time?
Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
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.
Best
Regards
Michael
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