Touching Story for Professionals..Please Read
A small touching story mainly for professionals...
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 it is?" 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 $20.00 an
hour."
SON: "Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.
SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow $10.00 ?"
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 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: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00 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 $10.00 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 $20.00 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.
Moral Lesson:
It's just a short reminder to all of us 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 $20.00 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, we pour ourselves more into work
than to our family.
i would'nt mind reading it again and again, as we humans have short term memories by nature and tends to neglect simple trivial yet important things as quickly... thus, constant reminders won't hurt at all
but no money can buy back my fathers hours now :(
makes me feel more sad of the thought....
as i am really missing something here, with my very own (sigh)
Yeah Smoke, Must have been posted 3 times this year alone!
very touching . . . nice story thanks for sharing . .
" In my opinion only. . . nothing personal"
remember the teaching about the money we have if we die now
1- spend for food
2- spend for clothes and things
3- given in charity
the huge bank balance is not for us but its for others to enjoy
nice story!
OLD!! Been posted million times before, and circled the globe through emails a thousand times too :p
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
_[]~SMoKE~[]_
lovely ...wht a story
i always wish my father to have dinner with us