"You can let your kid live in a big house, 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 the plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you don't have a 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 difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done."
Above is an excerpt from one of the most inspiring stories on web that I can relate to.
Thank God it's Friday! :) I was doing my usual random browsing about inspirational things I might get on the web when I bumped on this "Story of Appreciation" (above). I didn't write this story so kudos to the author of this anecdote. This is something worth reading (more than checking Twitter and Facebook updates). And mind you, that highlighted paragraph above was my favorite part.
Thank God it's Friday! :) I was doing my usual random browsing about inspirational things I might get on the web when I bumped on this "Story of Appreciation" (above). I didn't write this story so kudos to the author of this anecdote. This is something worth reading (more than checking Twitter and Facebook updates). And mind you, that highlighted paragraph above was my favorite part.
When I was done reading the story, I suddenly have some realizations and I thought I'd write them and share to the world along with this short story. Here are just some of my random realizations and the screenshot of the entire anecdote:
This is why I am forever thankful to all the hardships I went through even at a young age. I don’t intend to make a write up for my personal bio but I would like to share this to everyone – not to think high of myself but to serve as an inspiration to anyone. My upbringing was not the “mom-dad-I-want-this-I-like-that” type, in fact I always have to work on something I want, even pursue on things that I need. There are times that I get what I want, but most often I don’t. I can still remember those times in which I even have to collaborate with my siblings because, most of the time, it was always a group effort. “Bunso” will not get it if “Ate” will not help him. If one of us won’t lend a hand to one another to accomplish something, then most likely we’ll fail. Thus, no one will get the reward. When I was still a kid, I didn’t quite understand the logic of why my parents always wanted me and my siblings to share on tasks. All we wanted then was to finish the tasks early to get the reward early so we would accomplish those altogether not knowing that was already equivalent to real life outside the house. Some of you may raise eyebrows. Some may think that’s strenuous. Some may also have bubble thoughts of random comments agreeing or not. Well, that may not be the best way of raising one’s children but whichever way I see it I know that my parents just wanted me and my siblings to learn the hard way not to punish us but to let us understand the way of life. And because of those, we grew up stronger and more confident in facing life every day. No fears, no inhibitions. Just exhilaration to move forward and learn new things either from our own mistakes or others.
Below the screenshot of the anecdote and the link in case you want to read it. There are also other articles that you might find inspiring on that site. Enjoy!
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