A man came home from work late, tired and
irritated, 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 an hour.”
“Oh,” the little
boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I please borrow ?”
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 every day for such 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
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 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 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?
Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
In nowadays, how much
time we have left to ourselves, our family and our friends, we though we should
earn more money that could allow them live a happy life, never know that happy
life is simple,it’s no relationship with the wealth,and it’s just from our
inner heart.The most important thing is we should keep in a health life,and
live a comfort life.Just like the HEmouse says:”Unique comfort makes you own
healthy life..”Slow down your step and enjoy your life.
I just want to have dinner with you.
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