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耳畔依稀傳來九十歲老母聲音，想貪睡一下，一想到， 馬上就爬坐起來.....
父母恩 三春暉(永遠報不盡 及時盡孝)
赤子心 九層塔(寒冬最難捱 善加培育 )
感謝友人Lee傳寄一篇感人的文章。內容大致敘述:一個五歲孩子存二十塊錢，渴求和母親相聚一小時的故事。母親一小時工資二十塊。現在為人父母的，千萬別忽略了孩子人格發展的黃金期。
TAKE
TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES IN YOUR LIFE
A woman
came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son
waiting for her at the door.
SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'
MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.
SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'
MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the woman
said angrily.
SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'
MUM: 'If you must know, I make $20 an hour.'
SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.
SON: "Mummy, may I please borrow $5?"
The mother 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 don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door..
The woman 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 woman had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $5 and he really
didn't ask for money very often. The woman went to the door of the little boy's
room and opened the door.
'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.
'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.
'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman. 'It's
been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $5 you asked
for.'
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.
The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother.
'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother grumbled.
'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.
'Mummy, 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.'
The mother was crushed. She put her arms around her little son, and she begged
for his forgiveness.
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. Do remember to share that $20
worth of your time with someone you love.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us
in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel
the loss for the rest of their lives.
Please don't break this even if you only send it to one person.
Thank you
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