position in a big company. He passed the first interview. However, the CEO of the company would have the final say. The CEO discovered from the CV, that this young man had an impecabble academic record all the way, from the secondary school until his postgraduate. Impressed, the CEO asked "Did you obtain any scholarship?" and the young man answered "none" He then asked, " Is 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.."
" Where did your mother work?" the CEO continued to prod the young man, "my
mother worked as a cloth cleaner". The CEO requested the young man to show his
hand, the young man showed his hand that was smooth as silk to the
CEO. The CEO then asked, " Did you ever help your mother wash the cloth
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 CEO then said, "I have a request, when you go back today, go and help
clean your mother's hands slowly and then see me tomorrow morning"
The young man felt that his chance of landing the job was high. He went home
and happily wanted to clean his mother's hands. Obviously his mother thought this was strange but somehow happily showed both of her hands to the kid.
The young man looked at his mother's hands and began to slowly clean the hand. his tears dropped down as he did this. It was the first time he found his mother's hands so wrinkled and there were visible bruises clearly as a result of those years of hard labour. Some of the bruises brought sharp pain so strong that the mother shivered when her hands touched the water that was soaked with soap.
This was the first time the youth realized and saw that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to earn him the school fees. the
bruises on the mother's hands were the price that the mother paid for his
graduation and the academic excellence and probably his future. After finishing, the young man quietly cleaned all the remaining clothes for his mother.
That evening, the mother and son had a long talk that went through the night.
The next morning, the young man went to the CEO's office. The CEO noticed the tears in the young man's eyes. He asked: " Can you tell me what you did and learned yesterday at your house?" The young man with a deep remorseful look answered, " I cleaned my mother's hands and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'
The CEO then asked him again " please tell me your feeling."
The young man answered,
"Number 1, I knew what appreciation is, without my mother,
there would not the successful me today. Number 2, I knew how to work
together with my mother, then only I can realize how difficult and tough to
get something done. Number 3, I knew the importance and value of family relationship."
The CEO said, " This is what I am asking, I want to recruit a person
that can appreciate the help of others, a person that knew 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"
As time went by, this young man worked very hard and received the respect of
his subordinates, every employees worked diligently and in a team. the
company's results improved tremendously.
A child who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wants will
develop an "entitlement mentality" and will always put himself first. He is
ignorant of his parent's efforts and sacrifices. Once, he starts to work, he will assume every people must listen to him and when he becomes a manager, he will never know the sufferings of his employees and will always blame others. For this kind of person he can produce good results, may be successful but eventually will not feel any sense of achievement. he will continually grumble and will be full of hatred and will fight for more. Being over protective is a natural trait of being a parent and we may have the noblest of intentions of how we want to shower our kids with love. But are we showing our love the right way?
You can let your child live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn to play the piano or watch on a big screen TV. But when you are washing your car, please let them
experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plate and bowl with their other siblings. 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, just like the mother in this story. The most important thing is to let your child learn how to appreciate the efforts and experiences or the difficulties of others and learn the ability to work with others to get things done.
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