A Tired Workaholic

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?" asked the son.

"Yeah sure, what it is?" 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?" asked the boy.

"If you must know, I make $50 an hour." said the father as he lie on the crouch switching on the television sets to watch some news.

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

After a while the son came to his father and said "Daddy, may I please borrow $25?"

The father was furious and scolded the boy for disturbing him "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 don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities."

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 in his heart. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00 and his son 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 $25 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 if you already have that much?" said the father angrily and start giving the little boy some spanking. The father then stormed out of the room.

After a while when he cooled down, he went to his son room. The little boy was still weeping.

"I am sorry for spanking you, now go to sleep" said the father.

The little boy handed over to his father all the money and said "Daddy, I have $50 here. 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.

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Moral of the Story
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Remember though work is important 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. Remember to share that $50 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 hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss and remember us for the rest of their lives.