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?"

        "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 $35 an hour."
        "Oh, "the little boy replied, with his head down.

        Looking up, he said, "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. I work long hard hours everyday
        and don't have time for such childish behaviour."

        The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After
about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and
        started to think he may have been a little hard on his son.

        May be there was something he really needed to buy with that $10
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 your earlier," said
the man. "It's been a long day, and I took out my
        aggravation on you. Here's that $10 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 money The man,
seeing that the boy already had money, started
        to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money,
"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 $35 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please
come home early tomorrow. I would like to have
        dinner with you."

        Share this with someone you like. But even better, share some $
worth of time with someone you love and care. 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.