"Buying Time"Author Unknown
"A man came home from work late again, 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 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. 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 that 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?”
Just to tell you that I am also a regular in your blog. Paulo Coelho
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ReplyDelete"Well son it's like this: First off, you owe me interest on that $10 plus a cash advance fee. Second, I make time&1/2 after 8 hours which means you need to make an extra $5. Third, a letter with full payment must accompany the 9342 hiring form."
"Now get your butt out of this bed and fetch Daddy a beer and don't bug me while I'm down in the study on the computer!!"
Paulo, it's an honor for you to stop by. Your works have given me countless moments of inspiration and encouragement, as they've done for many others who visit here. Thank you, and the best of life in all you do.
ReplyDeleteAnd then there's the Devil, Kevin John, returned from Hades to plague us with his unique interpretation of life... LOL from saint to sinner, in one post, we get them all here.
ReplyDeleteThat was good, KJ, I liked it, and probably more true to life than we want to think. Always good to see you, my brother.
CP-
ReplyDeleteWow! Paulo coming out to see the Coyote??? Wonderfull things are happening in the Great State of AZ!
Now I AM impressed!
Wow, Kevin John, is that not the coolest thing? I was astonished to see that, delighted. Guess we're doing something right after all. But it's not me he's here to see, it's the work of all the wonderful authors that get posted here, including himself, that make it all worthwhile. All credit goes to them, I'm just the messenger...
ReplyDeleteYou are being much too humble my friend. It takes hard work to do what you do and a great and admirable passion for truth & justice.
ReplyDeleteKudos dude.
Thanks for the kind words, my brother. I do appreciate them.
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