Dear
Friends,
Before I
am going I want to post a story for you, a story sent by my dear friend Nandu.
Nandu, a good companion for me, in my happy, in my sorrow he is here near to me
to share, to console. If you have enough time you can read, I hope it's worthy...... Then can we start...?
Sure
let's start..
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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 good grades.
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 everyday 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 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,
- I
know now what appreciation is. Without my mother, there would not be the
successful me today.
- By
working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and
tough it is to get something done.
- 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.
Lessons
to be learnt:
A child,
who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop
"entitlement mentality" and would always put him 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, 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. 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 kid learns
how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the
ability to work with others to get things done.
Thanks
& Keep Sharing!
Harry.
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Dears hope all of you are read it well...., isn't it? Let me know what do you feel....?
