Spend time with those you love

A man came home from work late & tired to find
his 5-year old son waiting for him at the
door."Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

"Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.

"Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"

"That's none of your business. Why do you ask
such a thing?" the man said angrily.

"I just want to know. Please tell me, how much
do you make an hour?" pleaded the little boy.

"If you must know, I make $20 an hour."

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

Looking up, he said,"Daddy, may I please borrow
$10?"

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 long hard hours everyday and don't have
time 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 question only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed
down, and started to think: He may have been a
little hard on his son. Maybe there was
something he really needed to buy with that $10
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 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, 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 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 now. Can I buy an hour of
your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I
would like to have dinner with you."



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Share this story with someone you like....

But even better, share $20 worth of time with
someone you love. 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.