“Clean your mother’s hands”
A young man who excelled academically applied for an administrator position for a large company.
He just finished his first interview, and the director interviewed him for the final decision to accept or not accept him.
The director examines the young man’s transcripts, all of them are excellent, and every year, from high school to postgraduate studies, they are all outstanding, and there is no year that the young man does not complete them well.
The director asked: “Have you received any scholarships from the school?”
The young man replied: “No, sir.”
The director asked: “Then does your father pay your tuition to go to school?”
The young man replied: “My father died when I was just over a year old. My mother was the one who paid the tuition fee.”
The director asked again: “Where does your mother work?”
The young man replied: “My mother works as a laundrywoman.”
The director told the young man to show him his hands. The young man showed his smooth and perfect hands to the director.
The director asked: “Have you ever helped your mother with laundry?”
“Never, my mother always told me to focus on studying and read more books. Plus, my mother washes clothes faster than me.” The young man replied.
The director instructed the young man: “I request one thing from you. When you go back home today, clean your mother’s hands, and then come to see me tomorrow.”
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The young man feels very promising about this good job opportunity. When he arrives home, he happily tells his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother feels something strange, happy, but with a mixed feeling of joy and sadness, she hands her hands to her son to see.
The young man slowly cleans his mother’s hands. While cleaning, tears overflow from his eyes. This is the first time the young man discovered his mother’s hands, the wrinkled and bruised hands. The bruises were so painful that she flinched when they were wiped with water. For the first time in his life, the young man realized that it was from the hands that washed the clothes every day that paid for his education.
The bruises in his mother’s hands are the price his mother has to pay for the day he graduated, for excellence in education, and for his future.
After cleaning his mother’s hands, the young man quietly washes the remaining clothes.
That night, the mother and son confided in each other for a long time.
“I want to recruit someone who appreciates the help of others”
The next morning, the young man came to see the director.
The director notices the tears that haven’t dried in the young man’s eyes and asks: “Can you tell me what you did and learned at home yesterday?”
The young man replied: “I cleaned my mother’s hands, and I also washed the remaining clothes.”
The director asked: “What do you think?”
The young man replied, “First, now I understand the meaning of gratitude: without my mother, I couldn’t achieve what I have today. Second, through working together and helping my mother with laundry, I now realize how difficult and arduous it is to complete the task. Third, I appreciate the importance and value of family relationships.”
The director said: “This is what I am looking for in someone who will be an administrator in our company. I want to recruit someone who appreciates the help of others, someone who empathizes with the struggles of others to accomplish tasks, and someone who doesn’t only consider money as the sole purpose of life. You’re hired.”
Afterwards, the young man worked diligently and gained the respect of the employees under his leadership. All employees worked persistently and cooperatively as a team. The company’s achievements improved every day.
A child, protected and accustomed to always getting what they want, may develop a “sense of entitlement” and will always think of themselves first. He will be indifferent to his parents’ efforts.
When working, he assumes that everyone must obey him, and when becoming a manager, he may never know the hardships that subordinates endure and always blame others.
For these types of people, they may study well, may succeed for a short time, but they truly will not appreciate the meaning of achievement. They will be stingy, full of resentment, and struggle to gain as much as possible for themselves. If we belong to the type of parents who constantly shelter our children like this, are we damaging them instead of showing them parental love?
You can let your children live in large houses, eat delicious food, learn musical instruments, watch widescreen TVs. But when we mow the lawn, please let them do it. After dinner, let them wash the dishes with their siblings. Not because you can’t afford to hire help, but because you should love your children properly.
You want them to understand that no matter how wealthy their parents are, one day their hair will turn gray like the mother of that young friend. The most important thing is that your children learn about difficulties, have the ability to work with others to complete tasks.
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