Something that has been missing a long time ago..

I was with my dad at one of the drug stores the other night..
"It's going to take about 45 minutes to prepare the medicine" that's what the pharmacist said..
So me and my dad sat there on the bench..waiting..
it's been a long time since me and my dad had a chance to talk..just the two of us..
I asked " how long did u work in Sudarpo (a small IT company in 1970's)? "
"7 years..." he replied..
I was amazed..."why did u stay around that long dad?"
" Well..i liked the job..and i learn alot.." he said..."but i kind of regreted in a way...7 years is a long time".."But..i had ambitions...lofty goals" he added.
" Every year i went up..had promotions..eventhough i started out from the bottom.."
I asked again.."what was ur first salary dad?"
He paused...and looked at me " 22 thousand rupiah" and then he laughed..
"It was a small company...that's why the increment of salary increase was meager.."
" I had to argue and complaint to the HRD about my salary increase every year" he laughed again..
" But..i was moving up..at the end of my tenure my salary was 86 thousand rupiah"
and then we both laughed.
" No matter what u do..where u work...u should have that kind of passion and ambitions son..and i guarante you..u will get something good out of it.."
I was stunned...ambitions...i suddenly realized..that it was the main thing that i lacked of the whole time...
With ambitions..come passions...and i haven't had both for a long time..
That's what drives you forward...and up...
If you do your lives as it is...without goals..then...it will be stagnant.
What seems like a simple and obvious thing..sometimes we can easily forget about it..
So dad...thanks for reminding me...