Twenty Dollars Worth Of Time
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?"
"Yes sure, what is it?" replied the man.
"Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
"That's none of you 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, "Dad, may I 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 and think about why you are being so selfish." "I work long hard hours everyday and don't have time
for this childish behavior."
The little boy went quietly to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the boy's question. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money. After about an
hour or so, the man 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 little boy's room and opened the door.
"Are you asleep, son?" he asked.
"No daddy, I'm awake" the boy replied.
"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man. "It's been a long day and I took my aggravation out on
you. Here's the $10 dollars you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" he replied. 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 dollars 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 $20 worth of time with someone you love.
It's just a 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.
 
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