Story:
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”.
Who
paid for your school fees…?
”
Parents “, he replied.
“Where
did they work……?”
“They
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 parents wash the clothes ?”
“Never,
my parents always wanted me to study and read more books.
Besides,
my parents can wash clothes faster than me.
The
director said, “I have a request.”
When
you go home today, go and clean your parents hands, and then see me tomorrow
morning.
The
youth felt dejected.
When he
went back home, he asked his parents to let him clean their hands.
His
parents felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings,
They
showed their hands to their son.
The
youth cleaned their hands slowly.
His
tear fell as he did that.
It was
the first time he noticed that his parents hands were so wrinkled, and there
were so many bruises in their hands.
Some
bruises were so painful that they 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 hands were the price that the parents had to pay for his
education, his school activities and his future.
After
cleaning his parents hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes
for them.
That
night, parents 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 parents hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes’
“I now
know what appreciation is.
Without
my parents, I would not be who I am today…
By
helping my parents, 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.”
Moral:
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, watering the plants, cleaning up the house or after a
meal washing the plates and bowls, etc. then please let them experience it
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 grey, same as the parents of that young person.
The
most important thing is your child learns how to appreciate the effort and
experience the difficulty and learns the need to work with others to get things
done…
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