第6章 Just Five More Minutes

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,"OK."

"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.I've vowed not to make the same mistake with Todd.He thinks he has five more minutes to swing.The truth is that I get five more minutes to watch."

Life is all about making priorities.What are your priorities?Give someone you love five more minutes of your time today!

就五分钟

有一天，公园里一个女人挨着一个男人在游乐场旁边的一条长椅上坐下来。“那边那个是我的儿子。”她指着一个身穿红色厚运动衫正在滑滑梯的小男孩说。

“他是一个漂亮的男孩，”男人说，“那个穿蓝色厚运动衫荡秋千的是我的儿子。”说着，他看了看手表，朝自己儿子喊道：“我们走，你说怎么样，托德？”

托德央求道：“就等五分钟，爸爸，就再等五分钟。”男人点点头，托德继续尽情地荡着秋千。

时间一分钟一分钟地过去了。这位父亲站在那里，又朝儿子喊道：“现在该走了吧。”托德又央求道：“再有五分钟，爸爸，就再等五分钟。”

男士微微一笑说：“好吧。”

“哎呀，你的确是一位有耐心的父亲。”那位女士说。

男士微微一笑，然后说道：“我的大儿子汤米去年在附近骑自行车时被一个醉酒司机撞死了。我从来没有花多少时间陪伴汤米，我发过誓不在托德身上犯同样的错误。”

生活中的任何事都有轻重缓急。你会优先考虑什么事情呢？把你今天的时间多给你爱的人五分钟吧！