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.            &nb sp; 
 

  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.            &nb sp;
  "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.

  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   $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.           

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