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 it is?' 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 £25 an hour.' 

SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his

head down. 

SON: 'Daddy, may I please 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. 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: 

Maybe there was something he really needed

to buy with that £10.00 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 have 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 £10.00 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 notes. 

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 some?' the father grumbled. 

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,'

the little boy replied. 

'Daddy, I have £25 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 £25

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 for the

rest of their lives.

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