>From: "JamiatKZN" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "JamiatKZN" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: $20 an Hour >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:59:59 +0200 > >------------------------------------------- >http://www.jamiat.org.za/whatsnew/tdollah.html >------------------------------------------- > >$20 an 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?" >"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 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 >childish behaviour." > >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. May be 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 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 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." > >Share this story with someone you like . but even better, share $20 worth >of >time with someone you love. 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. > >------------------------------------------- >http://www.jamiat.org.za/whatsnew/tdollah.html >------------------------------------------- >___________________________________ >To be removed from this list send a message to >[log in to unmask] with the following text in the body of the >message: > >Unsubscribe mail-list <email address> >______________________________________________ >http://www.jamiat.org.za > >Council of Muslim Theologians >P.O. Box 62564 >Bishopsgate 4008 >(South Africa) > >Tel: 0027 31 3067786 >Fax: 0027 31 3064786 >______________________________________________ > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------