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 appreciation is. 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.

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 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.

For this kind of people, who may be good academically, 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, give him a Driver & Car for going around, Eat a Good Meal, 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. Tell them to Travel in Public Bus, It is not because you do not have Money for Car or 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 Grey, 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…

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As of December 25, 2011 at 11:00 pm EST, our earnings for the Klein family have reached $15.68, with 8,010 views thus far this month.  The total earned is now $67.33.

I thank all of you who are continuing to support this cause, I couldn’t do it without the Triond community and all the new wonderful friends I have met.

Continued prayers are very welcome to uplift the Klein family this holiday season with the loss of a friend, a mother, a wife, and a sister.

I hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas and I hope that you all have a Blessed New Year, this year and for years to come!

May God Bless you all!

There are great physical and psychological health benefits as well as important community benefits from HoHOho-ing? Better heath, happiness, improved well-being and longevity are your incredible gifts when you choose to take on the Christmas spirit of giving and help others and not just at Christmas but all year through. Thomas H Sander from Harvard University said about helping others “Research shows it miraculously improves both your health and the community’s.” Improvement includes physical and mental health such as lower rates of depression, increased longevity and lower incidence of heart disease. So giving/volunteering literally makes the heart grow stronger. Who would have thought you could help yourself to better heath and happiness by helping others!

Volunteering has the ability to produce significant health benefits particularly for older adults and those who serve 100 hours annually or about two hours a week. One study indicated that doing regular volunteer work, more than any other activity, proved to dramatically increase life expectancy. Taking on the role of Santa Claus or Mrs Claus is a wonderful way to get involved and help your community. Santa America is a non-profit volunteer organisation servicing countries around the world 52 weeks of the year. It’s a great place to find out how you can help and create a little magic at the same time for you and others.

Volunteering/generosity of spirit can bring about meaningful and even miraculous benefits to both body and mind. Research from the John Hopkins Medical Institution found that you can “…slow the aging process… ” while giving back to the community. There was an interesting study done by Harvard psychologist Dr David McClelland who measured students before and after watching a film on Nobel Prize laureate Mother Teresa, for her work helping the homeless. McClelland found that even the simple act of watching a film on ’selfless service’ strengthened the immune response in the students. However, Dr Albert Schweitzer aptly said “The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve”. Service really is an essential element to becoming truly healthy and happy.
 
So now we know it’s scientifically proven, it’s good to be good! With a vast and compelling collection of scientific research on the subject concluding that helping others makes you happier and healthier, we now know that volunteering buffers stress and reduces the risk of disease while building connections, a sense of purpose and life satisfaction. A great read is “Why Good Things Happen to Good People: The Exciting New Research That Proves the Link Between Doing Good and Living a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life.” By Professor Stephen Post.

There are many ways to volunteer. Let’s together grow healthier and happier communities and at the same time enjoy a better quality of life for all. Volunteering at Christmas is a great way to start and it’s the ultimate gift that keeps on giving. So go on, get involved with your community and commit to giving back for your and our collective benefit.  If you would like to know more great Christmas insights visit www.HoHoHoChristmas.com

“Walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:2 (New International Version).

Would you like satisfaction in your life? Then walk in love in all you say and all you do. It can be something simple like giving your seat on the bus to the elderly or a pregnant woman. How about saying thank you at the check out counter? In all you do and all you say let love be your guide.

3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:3-4 New International Version

“We understand what love is when we realize that Christ gave his life for us. That means we must give our lives for other believers” (1 John 3:16 Gods Word Translation).

People always ask me why I am always so happy. Although it is not possible to always be happy most of the time I am and I will share a little secret with you: When you always try to live a life of love you enlighten others lives. That means they always light up when you enter a room and are happy to see you. That makes me feel happy.

So if you want the secret of being happy here it is: What goes around comes around. When you are loving and kind with others, they will reciprocate and be loving and kind with you.

“Walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Ephesians 5:2 New International Version).

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.Romans 15:1

Prayer: My Holy beloved Father, thank you for Your precious gift of Your love for me. Please guide me on how I may share this sweet gift with others to not only glorify Your awesomeness, but as a tool to guide others to You. In the name of our Immanuel Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

May the sunshine of Jesus’ sweet love bless you today and every day.

At the moment the old man out of the toilet, no matter how he remembers, he was still not able to remember his own seat. Grandfather’s old 80 became anxious, scared, and crying alone on the porch toilet. This flight attendant came to help my grandfather, the smell very much to meet the body’s grandfather. This grandfather turns out not knowing clearly where the tissue in the toilet so that he is clean it with his own sleeve. The toilet that he has used was so dirty and messy at all.

After delivering grandfather returned to his seat. The passengers around him began to complain of the stench emanating from his body. Flight attendant asked his family if they still have clothes that can be used by the replacement of this grandfather. His family said all the clothes in the trunk of a plane, that old man did not have a replacement shirt. And his family said, “this flight is not full now, I noticed a few lines of the back that are still empty, just take this old man to sit in the back.” Flight attendants can only follow the desires of his family and brought him to the back row.

Then she was locking the toilet that has been used by the grandfather of this so that other passengers do not come to the wrong toilet. Finally grandfather was sitting in the back by himself, lowered his head and endlessly wipe away the tears that kept flowing.

Who would have thought an hour later, the grandfather was already changed, with a clean body and smiled cheerfully back to his seat before. In front desk presented a new portion of food which was still warm. Everyone was asking each other who the hell was helping him? It turned out that my good friend who sacrificed her dinner time. She used a wet tissue and wipe gently to clean the body of this grandfather until clean dan new clothes borrowed from the co-pilot to replace these old clothes. Moreover, this flight attendant clean the toilets that have been used by the grandfather with her own handkerchief and spraying her perfume into the toilet.

Her colleague said she was stupid, have worked so hard to help others, not until the end there will be no people who remember and grateful. Already tired, but did not bring any benefit. She calmly and firmly replied, “There are still dozens of hours of flight, he’s old, he must have been very sad, who is hoping that the beginning of this trip could turn out this way.

Besides thirties would use the toilet, less of one toilet certainly very inconvenient. I am not only help the old man but also help other passengers. ”

After hearing this story I am very sorry for my attitude. My best friend once told me that the happiest job is a job that leads people from one place to another safely. Since hearing the wonderful experience of this good friend, I just realized that the ministry is truly a blessing to be cherished. The best way to appreciate the blessings is to share these blessings with others. This experience has changed my best friend in charge of my attitude.

What do you do?

Well, first of all, yes it is a good idea to have all of the above…
blog; website; friends…

But this all has to be natural, you can’t force anyone to do anything…
ultimately it has to be their decision. So the best way to do this
is to improve your relationships

Focus on communication not your own satisfaction…and it will come.
It may take time however.

But…
I can help you with this. To make friends online; start or work on your blog
or even help you create or edit your website.

So if you need help just ask! I have always said, the first step is helping others.

“To the degree you help others is to the degree you will get help in return…”

Sincerely, Jill

Here’s a fact for you. Americans are greedy. You don’t agree I’m sure. Just a few years ago I wouldn’t have agreed with that statement either. I would say we are the most giving country. We spend billions of dollars in foreign aid, we have lots of charities helping the sick and poor. Thousands of Americans are volunteering to help others all over the world. Does that sound greedy? No. But when you open your eyes to what is to what is actually going on then you see the greed.

It’s true. America does donate a lot of money and time to many causes. But why? For the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing you made someone’s life better? Errrrrrrrr. Wrong. That’s what people say. It’s not the truth. The fact is the charities in America are simply businesses designed to make people rich. Look at any charity organization in America and you’ll find most of the money they raise goes towards business expenses and staffing. A very small percent actually helps anyone. How can this be when the people are volunteers? Simple. Only the people on the streets raising the money are volunteers. The presidents, board members, and other behind the scenes people are raking in the cash. One mans misfortune is another mans success story. It’s just business sure, but it’s bad business. Why do everyday citizens give? To do their part to make the world a better place? Errrrrrr. Tax write off. You give expecting to get something out of it. It’s normal. Everyone does it. But it’s still wrong.

As an American you are raised to be greedy. You don’t even know you’re being greedy, because it’s just part of everyday life. I’ll give you a couple examples of what I mean. How many of you are not struggling to make it on your own hoping that one day you can have a decent place to live or even a college education? Why are you in this situation? Because your parents said “Get your own.” That’s the attitude of most Americans. “This is mine. You need to get your own.” Families treat other family members this way. Horrible. You may not be able to help everyone, but it’s a disgrace to not help your own family. Parents wait until their children reach legal age, and then kick them out with nothing. Unprepared for the world, and then expect them to make it. And you wonder why the economy has problems.

How hard is it to let your kids stay with you until they are ready? To do your job as a parent and make sure that your children are ready for the world? It’s not hard at all. If you have the attitude of “Get your own.” Then you don’t need to be a parent. Get your organs snipped. You are the problem with the world today.

Another example of American greed? How many times has someone walked up to you and asked you for help and you’ve said something like “I wish I could help but I have problems of my own.”  Liar. The though that you need to get everything you want before you will even consider helping anyone else is the reason why you are  the problem with the world today.

What I witnessed in the Philippines made me ashamed of the way I had been living as an American. But I decided I would try to be a better person, and teach my fellow Americans to be better people. What did I see? People giving and helping others without any reward. In the Philippines if you donate or volunteer to help someone there is no tax write off. You literally do it because it’s the right thing to do. In the Philippines I saw people living in smaller houses without many of the luxuries that Americans take for granted? It wasn’t because they were poor. It’s a myth that Filipinos are a poor country. The reason why they live the way they do is because it is their culture to make sure that their family and friends are taking care of. If someone in your neighborhood doesn’t have food to eat, you go without that brand new pair of shoes or the new video game you’ve really been wanting. You get your neighbor some food to eat.

If every American would make sure that their neighbors had food to eat, if every parent made sure their own children were ready to handle the world, if people would just put others before themselves the world would be a better place. Stop being what’s wrong with the world. Start being what’s right with the world.

1.Stand a few feet away from the person you think needs help. Everyone wants her personal space respected. Even if she can’t see you, she can smell you, hear you, or sense that you are there. If the person is blind and using a guide dog, be sure not to pet the dog. You may be aching to nuzzle its neck, but this dog is working and should not be distracted.

2.Offer your assistance. Be straightforward. Say, “Would you like some help crossing the street?” If she says no, that is her prerogative. Be polite.

3.If the person would like help, ask her how you can best assist. Don’t make any assumptions about what would be useful. Never grab the person’s arm. She might just want you to walk beside her or carry her bag.

4.When you are safely to the other side of the street, ask if she needs any further assistance. You may ask, “Are you all set?” The person may appreciate assistance carrying heavy bags to her home. If the person is blind, she may want you to describe potential hazards in the vicinity or provide additional support.

As additional information, only individuals who are blind may carry white canes. In most countries, the law requires drivers to yield the right of way when they see a blind person’s extended white cane.