long but worth to read ; )

peacemaker2010
By peacemaker2010

One young academically excellent man 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 young man'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.
The Director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the young man answered "none".
The Director asked, “Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The young man 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 young man answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The Director requested the young man to show his hands. The young man showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
The Director asked, “Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The young man 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 young man felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he wetback, 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 young man 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 young man 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 young man 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 young man answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'
The Director asked, " please tell me your feelings."
The young man said, Number 1, I know now what appreciation is. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, 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.
A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself 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 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.

By soniya• 24 Nov 2010 16:53
soniya

Thanks for sharing it with us again...

By anonymous• 24 Nov 2010 16:48
anonymous

Really touching and again i cant control my tears. I miss my mother then.

By peacemaker2010• 24 Nov 2010 14:41
peacemaker2010

enjoy the article...so make the most of it for them while they are still here, there is no such word can describe for all the hardworks they have done for us. we are all fortunate to have our loving parents. it is true that its easy to become a man but parents teaching us to become a human to others is what really counts. my father always reminds me that saying...

By gudone• 24 Nov 2010 14:40
gudone

phynix>> lovd ur comment ..

"fortunate are those who serve them."

old age homes would b vacant ...

By anonymous• 24 Nov 2010 13:52
anonymous

i miss you sooooo much mom! i love you more..

By eliashamzo• 24 Nov 2010 13:30
eliashamzo

Just found this song on facebook .. nice one ..

for everyone far from his family and mother .

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By certified BisDak• 24 Nov 2010 13:15
certified BisDak

The more I miss my Mom.....

By eliashamzo• 24 Nov 2010 13:10
eliashamzo

Seriously an amazing article , thanks for sharing .

and god bless all our parents for everything they made for us so far .

and hopefully we all learned how to appreciate everything made for us and also do the same for others .

By anonymous• 24 Nov 2010 13:07
anonymous

Great story...

By ENvY mE• 24 Nov 2010 13:00
ENvY mE

"Sparkling Tear Drop”.

Very Nice...

By rey2530• 24 Nov 2010 12:59
Rating: 4/5
rey2530

What a beautiful article, it's worth to read. You will learn a lesson and it is right. No matter what is your position in life either you are rich or poor, the important is that you have a good moral and right conduct. This is the most important thing before anything else that u have or you will have in life.

By anonymous• 24 Nov 2010 12:59
anonymous

few days ago it was posted but so nice to read again. thank you very much for sharing

By gudone• 24 Nov 2010 12:54
gudone

ya postd b4.. but very very touching.....

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