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".
" Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
"My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.” he replied.
" Where did your mother work?"
"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.
" Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"
"Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Besides, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.
The director said, "I have a request. When you go home 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 home, he asked his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to her son.
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 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 mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his education, his school activities and his future.
After cleaning 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, when he 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'
“I know now what appreciation is. Without my mother, I would not be who I am today. By helping my mother, 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.”
This young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and worked as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.
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. 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, they may be successful for a while, but eventually they would not feel a sense of achievement. They 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 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, 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 child learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.
Try to forward this story to as many as possible...this may change somebody's fate.
母親的手
一名成績優秀的青年去申請一個大公司的經理職位。
董事長從該青年的履歷上發現，該青年成績一貫優秀，
董事長：「你在學校裏拿到獎學金嗎？」
青年：「沒有。」
董事長：「是你的父親為您付學費嗎？」
青年：「我父親在我一歲時就去世了，是我的母親給我付的學費。」
董事長：「那你的母親是在那家公司高就？該青年回答，
董事長要求該青年把手伸給他，該青年把一雙潔白的手伸給董事長。
董事長：「你幫你母親洗過衣服嗎？」
青年：「從來沒有，我媽總是要我多讀書，再說，
董事長說：「我有個要求，你今天回家，給你母親洗一次雙手，
該青年覺得自己錄取的可能很大，
該青年給母親洗著手，漸漸地，眼淚掉下來了，因為他第一次發現，
青年第一次體會到，
第二天早上，該青年去見董事長。董事長望著該青年紅腫的眼睛，
該青年回答說，我給母親洗完手之後，
董事長說，請你告訴我你的感受。
該青年說：
第一，我懂得了感恩，沒有我母親，我不可能有今天。
第二，我懂得了要去和母親一起勞動，才會知道母親的辛苦。
第三，我懂得了家庭親情的可貴。
董事長說，我就是要錄取一個會感恩，會體會別人辛苦，
這位青年後來果真工作努力，深得職工擁護，員工也都努力工作，
假如一位孩子從小嬌生慣養，習慣了被人圍著寵著，什麼都是“我”
你可以讓你的孩子住大房子，吃大餐，學鋼琴，看大屏電視，
你要讓孩子知道，即使父母掙不少錢，但早早的白髮，
報長的話：
| 對子女的愛不是給予他任何他所需要的事物， 父母對子母的愛是無限的，但過多的愛有時反而變成「礙」， 又是一個感恩的節日即將來臨-母親節，獻上這篇母親的手， 最後 祝福天下母親 ~ 母親節快樂。 **********轉寄郵件********** |
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