Money vs Family
He works for more than 16 hours a day. The kids cannot see him
as he will leave home early in the morning before they wake-up and reach home
around midnight when kids would sleep every day. The entire family eagerly wait
to spend quality time with him and the kids miss him so much.
The children were too curious about Sundays as his father would
spend the entire day with them. Unfortunately, to meet the increasing household
expenses and educational expenses, Rama took a weekend job to work even on
Sundays. The kids were very shattered and even Rama’s wife and parents
too!
The typical routine continued for several weeks and year passed.
All the hard work of Rama earned a lot of benefits and he was offered promotion
with attractive increment.
The family moved to a new house, got better clothes and ate
healthy foods. However, as usual, Rama continues to earn more and more money.
One day his wife asked him ‘why are you running for money? We can be happy with
what we have now.’
Rama replied, ‘I want to give the best available in the world to
all of you and want you to stay happy always.’
Two years passed and Rama hardly spent time with his family. The
children yearned to have their father at home. Meanwhile, the sincere efforts
of Rama reaped him a fortune. He was offered partnership and share in profits.
He continued to earn more and more wealth.
Now, Rama’s family is one of the richest families in the city.
They have all the facilities and luxuries. Still, Rama’s children strove to
meet their father as he was hardly seen at home.
His children turned teens and they are no more kids. Now, Rama
earned enough wealth to provide a luxurious life to his next five
generations.
Rama’s family went to their beach house to spend their vacation.
His daughter asked, ‘Dad will you please spend one day at home and stay with us
here?’
Rama replied, ‘Yes darling, tomorrow for sure, I will join you
for the lunch and be with you all for next few days. I’m tired of work and need
refreshment!’
The entire family became very happy.
Unfortunately, the next day, none in Rama’s family were alive as
they were washed out in Tsunami!
Rama was too busy even to hear the news about Tsunami. When he
tried to reach his beach house, he saw sea and water everywhere and screamed
for his family, He could not even find the dead bodies of his family.
He can never have them again, cannot even see them and even by
paying millions he cannot get them back to life!
He remembered his wife’s words, ‘Why are you running for money?
We can be happy with what we have now.’
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