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Just Five
More Minutes
While at the park one
day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground.
"That's
my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater
who was gliding down the slide.
"He's
a fine looking
boy," the man said. "That's my son on the swing in the blue sweater."
Then,
looking at his watch, he called to his son.
"What do you say
we go, Todd?"
Todd
pleaded, "Just
five more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five more minutes." The man nodded
and Todd continued to swing to his heart's content.
Minutes
passed and
the father stood and called again to his son. "Time to go now?" Again
Todd
pleaded, "Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes."
The
man smiled and
said, "O.K."
"My,
you certainly
are a patient father," the woman responded.
The
man smiled and
then said, "My older son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year
while
he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with Tommy
and
now I'd give anything for just five more minutes with him. I've vowed
not
to make the same mistake with Todd. He thinks he has five more minutes
to swing. The truth is, I get Five more minutes to watch him
play."
Life is all about making priorities, what are
your priorities
Author:
Unknown
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