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, “O.K.”
“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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You know this makes you realize importance of your parents, siblings and few very close friends.
The thought of losing parents and siblings kills me. When i enter home after salam its ami ji that i ask for. I need to see her home and everyone else as well. If they are not there i get on the phone to know where they are. This is something that i started to do few years back and now its a habbit.
I wish i only had literally 60 seconds to see my grandparents just once - i never had a chance to let them know what they meant to me- i was a child when i was with them - when i grew up i never bothered going back and seeing them again... - it kills me when i think about it- my heart aches when i see grandparents greeting cards, a cup saying worlds best grandma or grand pa, or a badge saying # 1 grandma or grandpa.
I read something similar to this while back. So over the years i take time out for all the siblings and we have our talks. I would take them out for lunch or dinner and we would have a heart to heart conversation. I talk about anything and everything with them. I don't know if i will have a chance to see them all again. It has made us become much more stronger as siblings i think. Mashallah when all of us stand or sit togther as five siblings its a nice fist thats ready to punch the world.
