Father was a hardworking man who delivered bread as a living to support his wife and three children. He spent all his evenings after work at...
wife and three children. He spent all his evenings after work attending
classes, hoping to improve himself so that he could one day find a
better paying job. Except for Sundays, Father hardly ate a meal together
with his family. He worked and studied very hard because he wanted to
provide his family with the best money could buy.
Whenever the
family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he
reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to
spend more time with his family.
The day came when the examination
results were announced. To his joy, Father passed, and with
distinctions too! Soon after, he was offered a good job as a senior
supervisor which paid handsomely.
Like a dream come true, Father
could now afford to provide his family with life’s little luxuries like
nice clothing, fine food and vacation abroad.
However, the family
still did not get to see father for most of the week. He continued to
work very hard, hoping to be promoted to the position of manager. In
fact, to make himself a worthily candidate for the promotion, he
enrolled for another course in the open university.
Again,
whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with
them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often
yearned to spend more time with his family.
Father’s hard work
paid off and he was promoted. Jubilantly, he decided to hire a maid to
relieve his wife from her domestic tasks. He also felt that their
three-room flat was no longer big enough, it would be nice for his
family to be able to enjoy the facilities and comfort of a condominium.
Having experienced the rewards of his hard work many times before,
Father resolved to further his studies and work at being promoted again.
The family still did not get to see much of him. In fact, sometimes
Father had to work on Sundays entertaining clients. Again, whenever the
family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he
reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to
spend more time with his family.
As expected, Father’s hard work
paid off again and he bought a beautiful condominium overlooking the
coast of Singapore. On the first Sunday evening at their new home,
Father declared to his family that he decided not to take anymore
courses or pursue any more promotions. From then on he was going to
devote more time to his family.
Father did not wake up the next day.
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