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 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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I’m too like the father hard working and doing many courses for the improvement for my jobs and also using more times in internet, without playing or teaching my kids.. . but I decided not to be as that father again.. and have to spend more time with my loving kids and wife… nice story..
🙁 that is a very sad story am so emotional right now.
We should learn how to manage our time in life in order to make the most out of life and to love our loved ones, spend time with them because we don’t know when God will take his people from us.
What a nice story, I will surely share this and repost so that others will be inspired also.
We need to learn to plan our day time to work and time to be with our families.
So touching… that’s a lesson for us to learn that no matter how little our time is we should spend even just a fraction of it to our family.
A good story about human lifes.
It’s true, should take the time for your family 🙁
Well, sometimes we need sacrifices to get what we want for our loved ones. It’s his duty and he did it well. Now leave the rest to the family what he couldn’t.
It was a very nice & touching story…
This is a very nice story and very much similar to these days. But the end is not correct.
The older I get, the less I believe in work.
It’s indeed a sad story.
Father was successful but failed to balance… life is nothing but balance all the things we have.
In this fast moving world, there is no choice rather than to hard work and learn new technologies and get promoted to avail luxuries then why end is so sad:(
People make houses…But Only Home gives happiness..
This is really a nice story. It was helpful for my daughter…Thnxs……
Very Sad and Heart Touching…!!!!!!!!
Good story. Desires kill not only our time, peace of mind but also our loved ones.
This stabbed my heart.
Thanks a lot
Very nice story but sad.
Life is not all about money, u jst hv to enjoy what u hv at the moment, love & appreciate those around u……life is too short…..
Good story.
That’s sad….We should cherish each day of our life and spend a lot of time with our loved one’s…As what if tomorrow never comes ???
A very touching story.
Nice 😀
Whatever we do in our life, there must be a line of CONTENTMENT to stick to.
Inspiring but so sad.. haha what a tragedy.
Therefore, we must not stop of daily routine otherwise there would be a malfunction with us and our lives…
It’s a very nice story. The story says give importance to family.
FAMILY first and remain rest.
I think that mean fault of father, he has to spend time with his family because family is more important than money… So may be it’s all fact.
Very, very sad.
It’s the true fact of todays life style.
Very sad end
I learn one thing in the story, that “we have to work until death invites us”.. Any way, good story with a small logic.
Work hard. Live happy.
Yes, it’s one very good story which touches heart.
I love my dad, this story realy made me to feel.
It’s true that time is precious so, spend it wisely.
Look, death is truth, everyone has to face it one day. The father was a great father for his family, he gave comforts to his family during his live & forever. He was a conquerer, what he wanted he just grabbed it not only just words.. he was a man. I salute him from my heart..
Try to enjoy every movement, and do the hard work.
Giving more money to your loved ones does not mean that you are giving best. Emotions are more valuable than money. Love is also an emotion, it can’t be compared with money at all.
Give your loved ones emotional support, tell her how u love her, tell her that hw important she is for u. Spend quality time with her rather than sending her expensive gifts.
What a crap story.. We should be amitious and try to get the best for our loved ones. Finally when the man gets satisfied with his professional life, he dies. This is not giving a good message to the reader, in fact these types of stories are misleading the people who want to work hard for their families.
I can’t get it. Nobody knew or decided when and where to be born. Neither does anybody knows when to be dead. One important thing to know is that how well or bad one lives on earth determines where he/she will be after leaving planet earth. I would try and live a good life of great legacy while on earth even though I later find that there is no heaven. But my good works will be speaking volumes for my justification.
Inspiring story, leaves a great moral behind. Always try to balance your life and give equal importance to every1.
So sad!!! He yearned time to spend with family however when he find the time he was no more.
Too good
I think in todays era we can’t say that money doen’t matter. It’t matter a lot but we can’t ignore our family for money. After all whatever we do is for family so if we don’t give time to our family then what’s the mean of all the effort we are doing. Money is not enough for them they also require love of there parents.
I think that it is very important to give time to family and enjoy with them, also never think for the another day of life just live today.
I hope it never happens to anyone, don’t care about tomorrow just live today. Always live like you are marked for delete today.
Sad story but meaningful to everyone…
We should know our priorities in life and maintain a balance at everything….. We should make the most of everything because nobody knows what will happen in the next few minutes.
That was really touching!! Don’t miss an oppurtunity that could spend with loving ones.
I am so hurt ……..
Dear Readers,
I have gone through the story and all comments which given by all readers.. Most people not touching the moral of the story…. Maybe I am wrong..
As I come to know the Moral of story is that: It’s true that wish never end, while completing our wishes one by one we must not forget that our loved one and ours family, there wish also opon you, you must give them time for getting ther desire.
Meaning of life is earning more and more, Also enjoying it… ALL THE BEST
Hmm it’s really a touching story and God is soo cr@zy……
I was enlightened 🙂
It’s a lovely story and good massage !!! but I don’t think having ambitions is bad but you need to see what is most important and if that unable you for spend time with your loved ones you should ask urself if that is really worth or not…!!
It’s a very, very nice story….. we should study now and enjoy afterwards…………..
Good message for all 🙂
Wow… if only he had another chance to go back and fix his mistakes.. It’s sad that his family also has to suffer from his mistakes.
We should always remember one thing that we should spend life’s beautiful time with our family, relatives, friends, etc… who knows what would happen tomorrow. We should not wait for good time in spite we should always think that all the time are good.. “HAPPINESS IS NOT A DESTINATION, IT’S A METHOD OF LIFE.. BE HAPPY LIFE….”
Nice story… the ending was sad!
Quite interesting, but when you get to the end, it’s soo sad 🙁
It was a spectacular story and I benefited that fine tune to stay with your family before you died.
Money is not everything, but without money you can’t do anything, father was right in his place, who have done all his responsibilities. He didn’t spend time with his family doesn’t matter but as per my knowledge he was a successful father. No one is perfect in his life, something is omitting everyone in his life by mistake, no one is prefect. We have learned lot of things from this story, everyone should maintain a balance between money and family.
Time and tide wait for none. Before the father realized it was too late. We should always remember that time is unpredictable.
Lesson learned: live a well-balanced life.
All fathers have to read this story, who is not spending the time with family ……. I miss u dad
Everyday is a day to live, spend time wisely…
Indeed heart breaking! Every moment is valuable and you should cherish it with the people who matters to you…. I grew up with my grandma until the time we’ve got separated. I haven’t seen her for over three years until such time that she died, that’s the saddest part of my life and most regretful as well… I just wished I could have hugged her before she went away…. you could just imagine how hard that is for me…
The story really touched my heart, there is a good message in the story, that each and every movement in life is valuable.
That was a very shocked story and real. Our whole life spent in earn money and then lost of our real life.
🙁 all is vanity if only he knew the value he was on his family
I understand the point of the father, this is similar to the story in the bible about the rich man then God took his life the next day.
Such a heartbreaker… tearjerker story…lesson learned! *cries*