I enjoyed this--gives some perspective on what is and isn't so important!  M

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The man came home from work late again, tired
and irritated, to find
his
6 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 money do you make an hour?"

"That's none of your business!  What makes 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 $20.00 an hour."

"Oh," the little boy replied,  head bowed.
Looking up, he said,
"Daddy,
may I
borrow $10.00 please?"

The father was furious.  "If the only reason you
wanted to know how
much  money I make is just so you can borrow
some 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're being so
selfish.  I work long, hard
hours everyday and don't have time for such
childish games."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut
the door.

The man sat down and started to get even madder
about the little boy's
questioning.  How
dare he ask such questions only to get some
money. After 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 $10.00,
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'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
that  $10.00 you asked for."

The little boy sat straight up, beaming.  "Oh,
thank you daddy!" he
yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow, he
pulled out some more
crumpled up bills.

The man, seeing the boy already had money,
started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money,
then looked up at the
man.

"Why did you want more money if you already had
some?" the father grumbled.

"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,"
the  little boy replied.
"Daddy, I have $20.00 now.  Can I buy an hour of
your time?"

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