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’s 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 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”.
The
Director asked, “please tell me your feelings”. The youth said, “Number 1, I
know now what is appreciation. 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”
Source : Posted With
love and respects by Chieu
Tue (Buddhist Wisdom Hall)
P.S - gratitude in both hands always. Most of us quickly forget that the moment
someone said the first "No" to us despite numerous "Yes"
prior.
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