I received this message from my father one day and I thought that it is worth sharing. It is a forwarded message but means a lot. It is my hope that you will be able to extract the main theme.
BEST
MESSAGE .....
Spare
some time to read this.
One young
man went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the
initial interview, and now would meet the director for the final interview.
The
director discovered from his CV that the youth's academic achievements were
excellent. He asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the
youth answered "no".
"
Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
"My
father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my
school fees.” he replied.
"
Where did your mother work?"
"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.
"
Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"
"Never,
my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Besides, my mother can
wash clothes faster than me.
The
director said, "I have a request. When you go home 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 home, he
asked his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but
with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to her son.
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
winced when he touched it.
This was
the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed
the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fees. The bruises in the
mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his education, his
school activities and his future.
After
cleaning his mother 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, when he 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'
“I know
now what appreciation is. Without my mother, I would not be who I am today. By
helping my mother, only now do I realize how difficult and tough it is to get
something done on your own. And I have come to appreciate the importance and
value of helping one’s family.
The
director said, "This is what I am looking for in a 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.”
A child,
who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop
an "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He
would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. If we are this kind of protective
parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying our children instead?
You can
let your child live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch on 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. It is not because you do not have money 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 gray, same as
the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your child learns
how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the
ability to work with others to get things done
I had
this from my father
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