Story Of Appreciation (for parents and children)
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 result is excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never was a year he did not score.
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarship in school?" and the youth answered "none".
The director asked, " Is it your father who paid for your school fees?"
The youth answered, my father passed away when I was one year old, it is my mother who paid for my school fees.
The director asked, " Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered, my mother worked as a cloth cleaner.
The director requested the youth to show his hand, the youth showed a pair of hand that were smooth and perfect to the director.
The director asked, " Did you ever help 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 help to clean your mother's hand, and then see me tomorrow morning.
The youth felt that as the chance of landing the job is high, when he went back, he happily wanted to clean his mother's hand, his mother felt strange, happy but mixed with fear, she showed her hands to the kid.
The youth cleaned his mother's hand slowly, his tears dropped down as he did that. It is the first time he found his mother's hands so wrinkled, and there are so many bruises in her hand. Some bruises incite pains so strong that shiver his mother's body when cleaned with water.
This is the first time the youth realized and experienced that it is this pair of hand that washed the cloth everyday to earn him the school fees, the bruises in the mother's hand is the price that the mother paid for his graduation and academic excellence and probably his future.
After cleaning his mothers hand, the youth quietly cleaned all remaining clothes for his mother.
That night, both mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
The director noticed the tear in the youth's eye, asked:
"Can you tell what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also cleaned all the remaining clothes'
The director asked, "please tell me your feeling."
The youth said :
Number 1, I learnt what is appreciation. Without my mother, I would not be successful today.
Number 2, I learnt how to work together with my mother and realized how difficult and tough it is to get something done.
Number 3, I learnt the importance and value of family relationship.
The director said, " This is what I am asking, I want to recruit a person that can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the suffering of others to get things done, and a person that would not put money as his only goal in life to be my Manager. You are hired.
Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates, every employees worked diligently and in a team, the company's result improved tremendously.
A child who has been protected and habitually given whatever he did would develop "entitlement mentality" and always put himself first. He would become ignorant of his parent's effort. When he begins work, he assumes that all must listen to him, and when he becomes a Manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and always blame others. Such Managers can have good results, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel the sense of achievement, he would then grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more.
If we are this kind of protective parent, did we love the kid or destroy the kid?
You can let your kid live in a huge house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a large TV screen etc.
But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it.
After a meal, let them wash their plate and bowl 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 turn grey, same as the mother of that young person.
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 result is excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never was a year he did not score.
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarship in school?" and the youth answered "none".
The director asked, " Is it your father who paid for your school fees?"
The youth answered, my father passed away when I was one year old, it is my mother who paid for my school fees.
The director asked, " Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered, my mother worked as a cloth cleaner.
The director requested the youth to show his hand, the youth showed a pair of hand that were smooth and perfect to the director.
The director asked, " Did you ever help 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 help to clean your mother's hand, and then see me tomorrow morning.
The youth felt that as the chance of landing the job is high, when he went back, he happily wanted to clean his mother's hand, his mother felt strange, happy but mixed with fear, she showed her hands to the kid.
The youth cleaned his mother's hand slowly, his tears dropped down as he did that. It is the first time he found his mother's hands so wrinkled, and there are so many bruises in her hand. Some bruises incite pains so strong that shiver his mother's body when cleaned with water.
This is the first time the youth realized and experienced that it is this pair of hand that washed the cloth everyday to earn him the school fees, the bruises in the mother's hand is the price that the mother paid for his graduation and academic excellence and probably his future.
After cleaning his mothers hand, the youth quietly cleaned all remaining clothes for his mother.
That night, both mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
The director noticed the tear in the youth's eye, asked:
"Can you tell what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also cleaned all the remaining clothes'
The director asked, "please tell me your feeling."
The youth said :
Number 1, I learnt what is appreciation. Without my mother, I would not be successful today.
Number 2, I learnt how to work together with my mother and realized how difficult and tough it is to get something done.
Number 3, I learnt the importance and value of family relationship.
The director said, " This is what I am asking, I want to recruit a person that can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the suffering of others to get things done, and a person that would not put money as his only goal in life to be my Manager. You are hired.
Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates, every employees worked diligently and in a team, the company's result improved tremendously.
A child who has been protected and habitually given whatever he did would develop "entitlement mentality" and always put himself first. He would become ignorant of his parent's effort. When he begins work, he assumes that all must listen to him, and when he becomes a Manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and always blame others. Such Managers can have good results, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel the sense of achievement, he would then grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more.
If we are this kind of protective parent, did we love the kid or destroy the kid?
You can let your kid live in a huge house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a large TV screen etc.
But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it.
After a meal, let them wash their plate and bowl 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 turn grey, same as the mother of that young person.
