SELAMAT HARI RAYA NYEPI... 1933 saka
Salam cinta,
Viebeke
Sebagai Renungan and a good reading for all of us
Semoga mendapatkan pencerahan..
Good to pass this on to your children
This is a powerful message in our modern society. We seemed to have lost our
bearings our sense of direction.
One, young, academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial
position in a big company.
He passed the first interview. The director who 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. He 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 a 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, but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to her son.
The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tears fell as he did that.
It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled
and that 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 every day 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 and asked, Can you tell
me what you did and learned yesterday in your house?
The youth answered, I cleaned my mother's hands, and also finished
cleaning all the remaining clothes.'
The Director asked, Please tell me your feelings.
The youth said, Number 1, I know now the meaning of appreciation. Without my
mother, there would not be the successful me today. Number 2, by working
together and helping my mother, only now I 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 in my new 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. Son,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 over protected and habitually given whatever he or she
wanted, would develop the 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. This kind of person, may be good academically and may be successful
for a while, but eventually would not feel a 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 good meals, learn piano,
watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let him
experience it. After a meal, let him wash his plates and bowls together with
his brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a
maid, but it is because you want to love him in the right way. You want him
to understand, no matter how rich his parents are, one day their hair will
grow gray, same as the mother of that young man . The most important thing
is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the
