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 Rs.100 an hour."
"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow Rs.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 Rs.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 Rs.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, seeing 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 Rs.100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home
early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
Share this story with someone you like....
But
even better, share Rs.100 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.