MANTAP SKALI

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Family

I received an email this morning. From my lovely wife. My wife wont send an email just for the purpose of saying "hi". Eheh! She's normally will forward articles that she found interesting to be shared with me. Yeah.. things about financial planning, family's life and etc. Not any gossips or politics.

Heres the email content;

F A M I L Y

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
'Oh excuse me please' was my reply.


He said, 'Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you.'


We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.


Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.


When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
'Move out of the way,' I said with a frown.


He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.


While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,


'While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.


Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.


Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.


He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes.'


By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.


I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
'Wake up, little one, wake up,' I said.


'Are these the flowers you picked for me?'
He smiled, 'I found 'em, out by the tree.


I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue.'


I said, 'Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way.'
He said, 'Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway.'

I said, 'Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue..'


FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.


And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?


Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU


Hmmm... I guess my wife is giving me a "gentle reminder". I admit, lately my attention to my kids a bit distracted. I already left the home while they are still on their bed. Except for the eldest, I have to send him to his kindergarten. Back home, its already 8 plus or 9 plus. I had my dinner alone (accompanied by wifey as she already had the dinner with the kids earlier). By 10, all of them already on the bed.

Sigh. I am spending my time more with my laptop then 4 of precious. Weekends? I am detached from my laptop by not my PC. Still its about work. And when the kids came around, looking for their father's attention, I tend to ignore.

Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.

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