One Special Hour

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?" replied the man.

"Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"

"That is 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 $20 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. Think about why you are being so
selfish. I work long hard hours everyday
and don't have time 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 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 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 $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 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
now. Can I buy an hour of your time?
Please come home early tomorrow. I would
like to have dinner with you."

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. Share this story
with someone you like....but even better, share
$20 worth of time with someone you love.

~Author Unknown
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