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 RM.100
an hour."
SON: "Oh," the little boy replied, with his
head down.
SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow
RM.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 RM.50 and he really didn't
ask for money very often. The man went
to the door of the little boy's room
andopened 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 theman. "It's been a
long day and I took out my aggravation on
you.Here's the RM.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 saw 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 ifyou
already have some?" the father grumbled.
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I
do," the little boy replied. "Daddy, I have
RM.100 now. Can I buy an hour of your
time? Please come home early tomorrow. I
would like to have dinner with you."
The father was crushed. He put his arms
around his little son, and he begged for his
forgiveness.
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.
Do remember to share that RM.100 worth
of your time with someone you love.
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 forthe rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves
more into work than to our family

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