share your 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?”
“yeah sure, what is it?” 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?” 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 hard every day for such 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: 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.