A Story of Appreciation

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 has 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 pay 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 worked?"

the youth answered, my mother worked as cloth cleaner.

The director requested the youth to show his hand, the
youth showed a pair of hand that is smooth and perfect

to the director.The director asked, " Did you ever help

your mother washed the cloth before?" The youth

answered, never, my mother always wanted me to study

and read more books, furthermore, my mother can wash
cloths faster than me.

The director said, I had 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 its chance of landing

the job is high, when he went back, he happily wanted to

clean his mother's hand, his mother feel strange, happy but

mixed with fear, she showed her hand to the kid. The youth

cleaned his mother's hand slowly, his tear drop down as he

did that. It is first time he found his mother's hand
is so wrinkled, and there are so many bruises in her hand.

Some bruises incites pains so strong that shiver her

mother's body when cleaned with water. This is the first

time the youth realized and experienced that it is this pair

f 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 finishing the cleaning of his
mother hand, the youth quietly cleaned all remaining

clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and sons 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 you

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'. The director asked,

" please tell me your feeling."The youth said, Number 1, I knew

what is appreciation, 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 director said,

" This is what I am asking, I want to recruit a person that can

appreciate the help of other, a person that knew the suffering

of others to get thing 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, he developed "entitlement mentality"

and always put himself first. He is ignorance of his parent's effort.

When he started work, he assumed every people must listen to

him, and when he became a manager, he would never know

how suffering his employee and always blame others. For this

kind of people, he can have good result, may be successful for a

while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement, he

will grumble and 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 lived in a big house, eat a good

meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are

cutting grass, please let them experienced it. After a meal,

let them washed 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 parent are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as

the mother of that young person.The most important thing is
your kid learn how to appreciate the effort and experience the
difficulty and learn the ability to work with others to get thing
done.