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, "okay."
"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?
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