| Son:
"Daddy, may I ask you a question
Daddy: "Yeah sure, what it is?"
Son: "Dad, how much do you make an hour"
Daddy: "That's none of your business. Why do you
ask such a thing?"
Son: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how
much do you make an hour?"
Daddy: "I make Rs. 500 an hour"
"Oh", the little boy replied, with his head
down.
Looking up, he said, "Dad, may I please borrow
Rs. 300?"
The father was furious, "if the only reason you
asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or other
nonsense, then march yourself to your room and go to bed. Think 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:
"May be there was something he really needed to
buy with that Rs. 300 and he really didn't ask for money very often!"
The man went to the door of 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, may be 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 Rs.300 you asked for"
The little boy sat straight up, smiling "oh thank
you dad!" He yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled some crippled
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 money if you already had some?"
the father grumbled.
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,"
the little boy replied.
"Daddy I have Rs. 500 now. Can I buy an hour of
your time?
Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have
dinner with you"
MORAL OF THE STORY
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.
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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