stevoh
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A HEART TOUCHING STORY...EYE
OPENING ONE. This is a powerful
message in our modern society.
We seemed to have lost our bearing &
our sense of
direction. **Story of Appreciation** One young academically excellent
person went to
apply for a managerial position in a big
company. He passed the first interview;
the director did the last
interview, made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the
youth's
academic achievements were excellent
all the way,
from the secondary school until the
postgraduate research, Never had a year when he did
not score. The director asked,
"Did you obtain any scholarships in
school?"
the youth answered "none". The
director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your
school fees?"
The youth answered,
"My father passed away when I was
one year old, it
was my mother who paid for my school fees. The director asked,
" Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered,
"My mother worked as clothes cleaner.
The director requested the youth to
show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that
were smooth and perfect. The director
asked,
Have you ever helped your mother
wash the
clothes before?" The youth answered,
"Never, my mother always wanted me
to study and
read more books. Furthermore, my
mother can wash clothes faster
than me. The director said, "I have a request. When you go back
today, go and
clean your mother's hands, and then
see me
tomorrow morning.* The youth felt that
his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily
requested his
mother to let him clean her hands. His
mother felt
strange, happy but with mixed feelings,
she showed her hands to the kid. The youth cleaned
his mother's hands slowly. His
tear fell as he did that. It was the first
time he noticed
that his mother's hands were so
wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands.
Some bruises
were so painful that his mother
shivered when they
were cleaned with water. This was the
first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the
clothes every day
to enable him to pay the school fee. The
bruises in
the mother's hands were the price that
the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic
excellence
and his future. After finishing the
cleaning of his mother's hands,
the youth quietly washed all the
remaining clothes for his mother. That night, mother and
son talked for a very long
time. Next morning, the youth went to
the director's office. The Director
noticed the tears in the youth's eyes,
asked: " Can you tell me what have you done
and learned
yesterday in your house?" The youth
answered,
" I cleaned my mother's hand, and also
finished cleaning all the remaining clothes' The
Director asked,
" please tell me your feelings." The
youth said, Number 1,
I know now what is appreciation.
Without my mother, there would not the successful
me today. Number 2,
by working together and helping my
mother, only I
now realize how difficult and tough it is
to get something done. Number 3,
I have come to appreciate the
importance and value
of family relationship. The director said,
" This is what I am looking for to be my
manager. I want to recruit a person who can
appreciate the help
of others, a person who knows the
sufferings of
others to get things done, and a person
who would not put money as his only goal in life.
You are hired. Later on, this young
person worked very hard, and
received the respect of his
subordinates. Every
employee worked diligently and as a team. The
company's performance improved
tremendously. A child, who has been
protected and habitually
given whatever he wanted, would
develop "entitlement mentality" and would
always put
himself first. He would be ignorant of
his parent's
efforts. When he starts work, he
assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he
becomes a manager,
he would never know the sufferings of
his
employees and would always blame
others. For this kind of people, who may be good
academically, may be successful for a
while, but
eventually would not feel sense of
achievement. He will grumble and be
full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective
parents, are
we really showing love or are we
destroying the kid
instead?* You can let your kid live in a
big house, give him a Driver & Car for going around, Eat a
Good Meal, learn
Piano, Watch a Big Screen TV. But when
you are
Cutting Grass, please let them
experience it. After a Meal, let them Wash their Plates and
Bowls together
with their Brothers and Sisters. Tell
them to Travel in Public Bus, It is not
because you do not have Money
for Car or to hire a Maid, but it is because you want to
Love them in a right way. You want
them to
understand, no matter how rich their
parents are,
one day their hair will Grow Grey, same as the Mother
of that young person. The most
important thing is your kid learns how
to appreciate the effort and
experience the difficulty and learns the
ability to work with others to get things done.
OPENING ONE. This is a powerful
message in our modern society.
We seemed to have lost our bearing &
our sense of
direction. **Story of Appreciation** One young academically excellent
person went to
apply for a managerial position in a big
company. He passed the first interview;
the director did the last
interview, made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the
youth's
academic achievements were excellent
all the way,
from the secondary school until the
postgraduate research, Never had a year when he did
not score. The director asked,
"Did you obtain any scholarships in
school?"
the youth answered "none". The
director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your
school fees?"
The youth answered,
"My father passed away when I was
one year old, it
was my mother who paid for my school fees. The director asked,
" Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered,
"My mother worked as clothes cleaner.
The director requested the youth to
show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that
were smooth and perfect. The director
asked,
Have you ever helped your mother
wash the
clothes before?" The youth answered,
"Never, my mother always wanted me
to study and
read more books. Furthermore, my
mother can wash clothes faster
than me. The director said, "I have a request. When you go back
today, go and
clean your mother's hands, and then
see me
tomorrow morning.* The youth felt that
his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily
requested his
mother to let him clean her hands. His
mother felt
strange, happy but with mixed feelings,
she showed her hands to the kid. The youth cleaned
his mother's hands slowly. His
tear fell as he did that. It was the first
time he noticed
that his mother's hands were so
wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands.
Some bruises
were so painful that his mother
shivered when they
were cleaned with water. This was the
first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the
clothes every day
to enable him to pay the school fee. The
bruises in
the mother's hands were the price that
the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic
excellence
and his future. After finishing the
cleaning of his mother's hands,
the youth quietly washed all the
remaining clothes for his mother. That night, mother and
son talked for a very long
time. Next morning, the youth went to
the director's office. The Director
noticed the tears in the youth's eyes,
asked: " Can you tell me what have you done
and learned
yesterday in your house?" The youth
answered,
" I cleaned my mother's hand, and also
finished cleaning all the remaining clothes' The
Director asked,
" please tell me your feelings." The
youth said, Number 1,
I know now what is appreciation.
Without my mother, there would not the successful
me today. Number 2,
by working together and helping my
mother, only I
now realize how difficult and tough it is
to get something done. Number 3,
I have come to appreciate the
importance and value
of family relationship. The director said,
" This is what I am looking for to be my
manager. I want to recruit a person who can
appreciate the help
of others, a person who knows the
sufferings of
others to get things done, and a person
who would not put money as his only goal in life.
You are hired. Later on, this young
person worked very hard, and
received the respect of his
subordinates. Every
employee worked diligently and as a team. The
company's performance improved
tremendously. A child, who has been
protected and habitually
given whatever he wanted, would
develop "entitlement mentality" and would
always put
himself first. He would be ignorant of
his parent's
efforts. When he starts work, he
assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he
becomes a manager,
he would never know the sufferings of
his
employees and would always blame
others. For this kind of people, who may be good
academically, may be successful for a
while, but
eventually would not feel sense of
achievement. He will grumble and be
full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective
parents, are
we really showing love or are we
destroying the kid
instead?* You can let your kid live in a
big house, give him a Driver & Car for going around, Eat a
Good Meal, learn
Piano, Watch a Big Screen TV. But when
you are
Cutting Grass, please let them
experience it. After a Meal, let them Wash their Plates and
Bowls together
with their Brothers and Sisters. Tell
them to Travel in Public Bus, It is not
because you do not have Money
for Car or to hire a Maid, but it is because you want to
Love them in a right way. You want
them to
understand, no matter how rich their
parents are,
one day their hair will Grow Grey, same as the Mother
of that young person. The most
important thing is your kid learns how
to appreciate the effort and
experience the difficulty and learns the
ability to work with others to get things done.
