Lets share true love

written by Adelina Johson Masawe.

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 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 youth answered
"none".
The director asked, " Was it your
father who paid for your school
fees?"
The youth 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 youth
answered, "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.
The director asked, " Have you
ever helped your mother
wash the clothes before?" The
youth 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 youth felt that his
chance of landing the job
was high. When he went back, 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 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 shivered when
they were cleaned with water.
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 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 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, asked: " Can you tellme
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 feelings."
The youth said,
1, I know now what
is appreciation. Without my
mother, there would not the
successful me today.
2, by working together and
helping
my mother, only I now realize
how difficult and tough
it is to get something done.
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
helpof 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
alwaysput 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
becomesa manager, he
would never know the sufferings
of his employees and would
always blame
others. For this kind of people,
who may be goodacademically,
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 goodmeal, 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.
You would have forwarded many
mails to many and many of them
would have
back mailed you too...but try and
forward this story to as many as
possible...this may change
somebody's fate.