“Be grateful for what
you have.
Not regretful for
what you haven’t.”
Anonymous
“Express gratitude
generously and sincerely,
Received gratitude
humbly and graciously;
Expect gratitude
rarely, if ever.”
-
Dr. William Arthur Ward
“We live in the
present,
We hope for the
future.
We learn eternal
truth from the past.”
Anonymous
DIALOGUE FROM THE PAST:
1.
Speaker No.1: “May I leave you now. I have classes to attend.”
2.
Speaker No.2: “You may select not to come
back. Anyway, you don’t know where you
came from.”
QUESTIONS:
1.
Was speaker No. 1 ever respectful?
2.
Was speaker No. 2 angry? What made him angry?
LET US KNOW THE PAST.
Mauro was a varsity player.
He played good in basketball. He finished
his college education as a scholar. Soon
he was accepted to a nationally organized team.
He was a standout. He continued
his study in Manila and his educational growth was recognized. While he was a professional player, he also
worked in a company. He was like a
star. He even married a young professional
lady … a basketball fan.
Meanwhile, a local company published in a national paper its
need for a company manager. Mauro thought
that he was eligible for managership. He
had many friends who advised him to apply.
Mauro did not know that his friends wanted to get rid of him. He was by nature boastful.
He applied and was accepted.
He became popular in the community.
He remembered that he was once a working student and now he is a
manager. He finished his studies due to
his athletic prowess. Unfortunately, he
forgot his local friends. And he
detested him for this. He even got a
girlfriend who slept with him in the company premises, to the consternation of
the employees.
He was by nature a loud mouth. He wanted to lord over all, including the men
who hired him. He did not attend
management meetings called by the men who hired him, even if they required him
to attend. To add insult to injury,
while they were holding a meeting, he played basketball in a place visible to
them.
He taught in the school where he graduated. The school authorities thought that it was to
their advantage. They were wrong. Almost always, his students did not get their
grades on time. Students used to go to
his office for their grades.
One day, Mauro was forced to attend a meeting. They have a visitor from the central office
and did not want the visitor to know that he did not attend meetings. However, he was really a loud mouth. He monopolized the discussion. The men who hired him, actually the board of
directors, did not like his actuation. And
they were frank. They told him about it.
Around 8:00pm, Mauro informed them that he’ll attend his
class. The president was candid. He told him frankly that: “You may select not
to come back anymore. Anyway, you don’t know
where you came from.”
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