Once again a beautiful and motivational story came into my mailbox, This is about how you grew up, what did you see but you didn't feel, you studied but didn't learned. You have experienced but didn't looked at the reality behind the success. Here it goes, take some time to open your eyes..
Thank you for nice sharing Nicku.
One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial positionin 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 wereexcellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduateresearch, never had a year when he did not score.
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" theyouth answered "none".
The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your schoolfees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one yearold, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.
The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" The youthanswered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested theyouth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth andperfect.
The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothesbefore?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me tostudy and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster thanme.
The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and cleanyour 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 feltstrange, 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. Itwas the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, andthere were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that hismother shivered when they were cleaned with water.
This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands thatwashed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises inthe mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for hisgraduation, academic excellence and his future.
After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed allthe 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 tellme what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finishedcleaning 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 andhelping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to getsomething done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value offamily 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, aperson who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person whowould 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'sperformance improved tremendously.
A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, woulddevelop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first.He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumesthat every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he wouldnever know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. Forthis kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for awhile, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble andbe full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protectiveparents, 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 abig 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 brothersand sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it isbecause you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, nomatter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same asthe mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learnshow to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns theability to work with others to get things done.
