Sure money is important. 

It is a necessity. 

It is what we use for the essentials of life.

But money cannot buy happiness. 

Money can be earned overnight but a relationship is built over time.

Money can never be more important than a relationship.

 

          Time passes through us...

          Time heals our wounds

          Time gives us wisdom through experience.

          Time can build relationships...

          If you take the time to nurture it

          But time can never be more important than relationships.

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Relationships are what bring us together

the love, caring for each other, 

celebrating birthdays, 

support when someone's down

celebrating our little triumph in life.

That's what our parents did to us.

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          Once Papa and Mama came to my office,

          I was so busy with my work.

          The pressure of the business.

          To make the business profitable.

          I was so attracted by the shininess of Money, 

          that I neglected to see our parents

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Over the years, after reflecting,

I realized and learned how important a relationship is.

How life can be so temporary.

How life can be so short and fragile.

That now Papa and Mama long gone,

it's too late to meet them again in my office.

 

          How I wish I could spend more time with our parents,

          to give them more hugs, more kisses and most of all,

          the love that they both deserved.

          How I wish I could have known back then,

          that a relationship is far more important than time and money.

          That without a relationship, life is meaningless.

 

Papa, I thank you for being my Father.

For all the sacrifices you made.

Enduring all the pressures of business,

just to give us a better life.

You are a great Father.

And I am so very proud to be your son