A young man with excellent academic achievements applies for a managerial position at a large company. In the final interview with the director, the director asks about the man's background and discovers his single mother worked as a laundry cleaner to pay for his school fees. The director asks the man to help his mother with chores at home to learn appreciation. The next day, with red eyes from helping his mother, the man shares what he learned about gratitude and family. Impressed, the director hires the man to teach the value of appreciating others' hard work over monetary success alone. The story advocates teaching children life skills and gratitude rather than shielding them from difficulties.
The document provides tips for living a better life in 2010, including suggestions to take daily walks while smiling, sit in silence for 10 minutes each day, sleep for 7 hours per night, practice acts of kindness, spend more time with both the elderly and young children, forgive others, and focus on positivity. The overall message is about maintaining a healthy lifestyle, positive relationships, and outlook.
A 92-year-old man is moving into a retirement home after his wife passed away. As a staff member describes his new room, including a sheet serving as a curtain, the man says he likes it very much. When told he hasn't seen the room yet, he replies that happiness is something he chooses in advance, not depending on furniture or decor but how he decides to see it. He says it is already decided in his mind that he will like the room, as he chooses to focus on the positive each day rather than dwell on aging body parts.
The document provides tips for living a better life in 2010, including suggestions to take daily walks while smiling, sit in silence for 10 minutes each day, sleep for 7 hours per night, practice acts of kindness, spend more time with both the elderly and young children, forgive others, and focus on positivity. The overall message is about maintaining a healthy lifestyle, positive relationships, and outlook.
A 92-year-old man is moving into a retirement home after his wife passed away. As a staff member describes his new room, including a sheet serving as a curtain, the man says he likes it very much. When told he hasn't seen the room yet, he replies that happiness is something he chooses in advance, not depending on furniture or decor but how he decides to see it. He says it is already decided in his mind that he will like the room, as he chooses to focus on the positive each day rather than dwell on aging body parts.