A small touching story mainly for professionals. ..

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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.

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 QR.100 an hour."

SON: "Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow QR.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 QR.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 QR.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 QR.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 QR.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, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.

By skdkak closed 1708224867• 10 Mar 2008 15:12
skdkak closed 1708224867

How are u and lady?

 

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By princess habibah• 10 Mar 2008 15:09
princess habibah

 

 What a beautiful reminder. Sometimes we get so busy in life that we forget our children need us too.

  

Maryum : Umm Hasan bint Abdullah Alshabrawishi

By swissgirl39• 10 Mar 2008 10:36
Rating: 5/5
swissgirl39

the family must always be on position 1 in your life.No job is more important as the luck and happyness of our Childrens and beloved ones.

Thx for sharing it SK.

By Khanan• 10 Mar 2008 10:23
Khanan

and thanks to Allah. that i had kinda job where i have quality time to spend with family n friends

By ajnabi0707• 10 Mar 2008 10:22
Rating: 4/5
ajnabi0707

its really need deep concern........

By anonymous• 10 Mar 2008 10:03
anonymous

VERY NICE STORY

By Cornellian• 10 Mar 2008 09:28
Cornellian

Amen to that!

I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield

By lovinni• 10 Mar 2008 09:25
Rating: 4/5
lovinni

very touching...this also goes to other people who means so much to us...it might be a long time since you had a really good talk... 

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.  ~Charles Schulz

By spicemom• 10 Mar 2008 09:19
spicemom

sometimes children are more intelligent than the parents.....duh

 

life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......

By mdyousuf• 10 Mar 2008 09:13
mdyousuf

Nice story for the professionals as well as not so professionals.

By QT• 10 Mar 2008 09:10
QT

That's really touching!

Now think of all the people that have left their loved ones far away to earn a living for them!

Yep, it makes the feeling worse, doesn't it! 

By anonymous• 10 Mar 2008 09:07
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

Hey SK its a thaught provoking & Truely touching heart...

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