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 $35 an hour."
"Oh, "the
little boy replied, with his head down.
Looking up, he
said, "Daddy, may I 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. 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. 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 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 money. The man, seeing that the boy
already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money.
"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
$35 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home
early tomorrow. I would like to have
dinner with you."
A workaholic person may be successful in business, but unsuccessful in developing and keeping relationships.
ReplyDeleteEnough is never enough and this unrelenting drive can lead to a huge mid-life crisis, failed marriage, strained relationships with children and others, etc.
A person should strive to be at peace with WHO he is and not try to work to gain acceptance, identity, etc.
I think some people who are workaholics are self-medicating a disorder such as manic-depression (bipolar).
The effects of it can also be physical illnesses from stress such as heart disease, high blood pressure, etc.
Source(s):
Horrible marriage to a workaholic! Thank goodness I am out of it, but kids still have to deal with aftermath.