always look beyond the surface.heard the story today and wanted to share.

'You will be rewarded for your hard work.'

That was the motto that was drilled into the mind of the son of a wealthy family.

The reward for high academic achievement was a car, any car of his choice, be it a volvo or a porche.

So with this as the driving force, the son worked hard, strove, and succeeded on graduating at the top of his class at Harvard. Upon graduation, he returned home to celebrate with his family and waited eagerly for that long sought after prize...only to be given a wrapped 6" x 9" rectangle with a

'Congratulations, Son, on your achievements. I love you.'

Confused, but still eager, the son ripped open the package only to find a gold-edged Bible. In shock and disgust, the son just turned to his father and asked, 'That's it? All that hard work, and all i get is another book to read?' Throwing the Bible to the ground, the son walked out and never looked back.

As time went on, and the father sadly passed on, the son returned to pay his final respects, despite having never spoken to his father since the 'incident'. Upon review of his father's will, to his dismay, the son discovered that his inheritance was none other than a Bible. The very one that he had thrown to the ground many a year ago.

Curious as to why his father had bothered to keep it after all those years, the son took the time to open and inspect it. In it, he found two pieces of paper. The first was a congratulatory note. The second was a cheque made payable to him from his father in the exact amount of the dream car that he'd wanted all those years ago.

Not only did the father pay attention to what the son had wanted, but he was willing to provide...had the son only been willing to look beyond the surface.