A man got home late from work, tired and irritable. at the door waited his 5 years old son.
Immediatley the son asked "Dad, can I ask you about something?"
"Of course, What were you wondering about?" said the man.
"Dad, how much do you earn by the hour?" the boy questioned
"You have nothing to do with that! Why would you ask about that?" said the man angrily.
The boy replied nervously "I was just wondering. Can't you be so nice and tell me?"
"If u have to know it, I get $35 per hour" Grumbled the upset father
*The boy sighed and looked down on the floor.*
"Could I borrow 15$ off of you?" Inquired the boy
*The dad got really angry.*
"If the only reason you wanna know how much I earn is so that you can go out and buy a stupid toy or something else, then you can go right to your room and go to bed. Think about how stupid you are! I don't work several hours a day so that you can go out and buy stuff like that!" Replied the father
*The kid went silent into his room and closed the door.
The man went over to sit down in his chair and became angrier and angrier over his sons question. *
"How dare he ask how much i earn just so he can get money?" The dad thought
*Around an hour later the man calmed down abit and started to think abit:
Maybe the kid really needed that money to buy something he really needed, and he usually never asks to get any money... The man went to the kid's bedroom door, and knocked and it opened.*
"Are you sleeping?" he asked.
"No, dad, I'm awake," said the kid.
"I have thought abit and maybe i was abit mad at you," said the man. "it has been a long day and unfortunately I took my anger on you. Here you can have the 15$ you asked to borrow..."
The kid went fast up and smiled and yelled
"Thanks alot, dad!"
then he took his hand under his pillow and dragged out some curled money.
When his dad noticed that his son already had money, he started to get angry again.
His son slowly started to count the money and looked up to his dad.
"Why should you have more money when you already had a fair amount" rumbled his dad.
"Because I didn't had enough, but now I do!" said the son. "Dad, now i have 35$. Can i buy one hour of your time? Because then you can get home earlier tomorrow and eat dinner with us?"
His Dad was crushed. And took his arms around him and asked for forgiveness.
This is just a reminder for all you that work alot.
We shouldnt just let the time run away. Because for the people that really care about us, the people that stand close to us, please remember its worth those 35$ to those people that stand close to your heart.
If we die tomorrow, the company will manage to replace you in a few hours; but when family and friends leave, they will miss you the rest of their lives.