1) A 10 year old boy
Nick was a 10 year old boy. He was the only son of his parents. Nick’s father was a very busy businessman who could not spend time with his son. He came home after Nick slept, and was off to office before Nick woke up in the morning. Nick yearned for his father’s attention. He wanted to go outdoors and play with his father just like his friends did.
One day, Nick was surprised to see his father at home in the evening.
“Dad, it’s a big surprise to see you at home,” Nick said.
“Yes son, my meeting was cancelled. So I’m at home. But after two hours I have to catch a flight,” his father replied.
“When will you be back?” Nick questioned again.
“Tomorrow noon.” Dad replied.
Nick was in deep thought for a while. Then he asked,
“Dad, how much do you earn in a year?”
Nick’s father was taken aback.
He said, “My dear son, it’s a very big amount and you won’t be able to understand it.”
“Ok dad, are you happy with the amount you earn?”
“Yes my dear. I’m very happy, and in fact I’m planning to launch our new branch and a new business in a few months. Isn’t that great? ”
” Yes, dad. I’m happy to hear that. Can I ask you one more question? ”
” Yes, dear. ”
” Dad, can you tell me how much you earn in a day or even half a day?
Nick, why are you asking this question? “Nick’s father was perplexed.
But Nick was persistent.” Please answer me. Can you please tell me how much you earn in an hour?”
Nick’s father gave in and replied,” It will be around $ 25 / – per hour.
“Nick ran to his room upstairs, and came down with his piggy bank that contained his savings.” Dad, I have $ 50 in my piggy bank. Can you spare two hours for me? I want to go to the beach and have dinner with you tomorrow evening. Can you please mark this in your schedule?
“Nick’s father was speechless!
The greatest gift a parent can give his child is TIME.
Money can’t buy everything!
2) Money Vs Family
Rama’s family is very big. Rama is a hard worker and he is the sole bread winner of the family. He has three kids, two sons and a daughter. He lives along with father and mother. Rama used to work too hard to feed his family. He works for more than 16 hours a day. The kids can’t see him as he will leave home early in the morning before they wake up – and reach home around midnight when kids would sleep every day. The entire family eagerly wait to spend quality time with him and the kids miss him so much. The children were too curious about Sundays as his father would spend the entire day with them. Unfortunately, to meet the increasing household expenses and educational expenses, Rama took a weekend job to work even on Sundays. The kids were very shattered and even Rama’s wife and parents too!
The typical routine continued for several weeks and years passed. All the hard work of Rama earned a lot of benefits and he was offered promotion with attractive increment. The family moved to a new house, got better clothes and ate healthy foods. However, as usual, Rama continues to earn more and more money.
One day his wife asked him ‘why are you running for money? We can be happy with what we have now.
Rama replied, ‘I want to give the best available in the world to all of you and want you to stay happy always.
‘Two years passed and Rama hardly spent time with his family. The children yearned to have their father at home. Meanwhile, the sincere efforts of Rama reaped him a fortune. He was offered partnership and share in profits. He continued to earn more and more wealth. Now, Rama’s family is one of the richest families in the city. They have all the facilities and luxuries. Still, Rama’s children strove to meet their father as he was hardly seen at home. His children turned teens and they are no more kids. Now, Rama earned enough wealth to provide a luxurious life to his next five generations. Rama’s family went to their beach house to spend their vacation.
His daughter asked, ‘Dad will you please spend one day at home and stay with us here?
Rama replied, ‘Yes darling, tomorrow for sure, I will join you for lunch and be with you all for next few days. I’m tired of work and need refreshment!
“The entire family became very happy.
Unfortunately, the next day, none in Rama’s family were alive as they were washed out in Tsunami! Rama was too busy even to hear the news about Tsunami. When he tried to reach his beach house, he saw sea and water everywhere and screamed for his family, he could not even find the dead bodies of his family. He can never have them again, can’t even see them and even by paying millions he can’t get them back to life!
He remembered his wife’s words, ‘Why are you running for money? We can be happy with what we have now.
‘Money can’t buy everything!
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