Courtesy:Shri R B Kishore
At
the
point of death a man, Tom Smith,
called
his
children and after praying for them,
he
advised
them to follow his footsteps so
that
they
can have peace of mind in all that they do.
The
youngest
child, Immaculate, a female, looked at others and yelled,
"Daddy,
its
unfortunate you are dying without a penny in your bank
account,
personally,
I
can't emulate you. Other father's that you tag as being
corrupt,
thieves
of
public funds left houses and properties for their
children;
even
this
house we live in is a rented apartment, sorry,
i
can't emulate you, just go, let's chart our own course,
let's
paddle
our own canoe."
Few
moments
later, their father gave up the spirit.
Three
years
later, Immaculate went for an interview in a
multinational
company.
The interview panel had already penciled
down
a
candidate for the highly coveted post but wanted to
complete
the
formality
of interviewing all applicants on the list.
As
soon
as Immaculate sat before the interview panel,
the
Chairman
of the committee asked,
"Which
Smith
is yours" and
Immaculate
replied,
"I
am
Immaculate Smith. My Dad Tom Smith is now late he died a
poor man..."
But
the
Chairman cuts in,
"O
my
God, you are Tom Smith's daughter? "
He
turned
to other members and said
"This
Smith
man was the one that signed my membership form
into
the
Institute of Chartered Administrators and his
recommendation
earned
me where I am today.
He
did
all these free. I didn't even know his address,
he
never
knew me from Adam. He just did it for me."
He
turned
to Immaculate, I have no question for you,
consider
yourself
as having gotten this job, resume tomorrow,
your
letter
will be waiting for you.
Immaculate
Smith
became the Corporate Affairs Manager of the
company
with
two cars, one official and one for private use,
attached
to
the office, with a duplex and two drivers and a salary of
£100,000
per
month excluding allowances and other
costs
when
she travelled outside England.
After
two
years of working in the company,
the
Group
Managing Director of the company came from
America
to
announce his intention to resign and needed a
replacement.
A
personality with high integrity was sought after,
again
the
company's Consultant nominated Immaculate Smith.
In
an interview, she was asked the secret of her success and
the
sudden
sky rocketing profile and in tears, she replied,
my
Daddy
paved these ways for me. It was after he died that I knew
that
he
was financially poor but stinkingly rich in
integrity,
discipline
and honesty.
She
was
asked again, why she is weeping since she is no longer
a
kid as to miss her dad still after a long time.
She
replied,
"At
the
point of death, I insulted my dad for being an honest man
of
integrity.
I hope he will forgive me in his grave now.
I
didn't work for all these, he did it for me to just walk
in.
So
finally
she was asked,
"
Will you follow your father's foot steps as he requested?
And
her
simple answer was,
"l
now
adore the man, I have a big picture of him in my living
room and
at
the
entrance of my house. He deserves whatever I have after
God.
Are
you like Tom Smith?
It
pays
to build a name, the reward doesn't come quickly but
it
will
come however long it may take and it lasts longer.
Integrity, discipline, self
control and fear of God makes
man wealthy, not the fat bank
account.
Leave a good heritage for
your children.
Are you building a good name
for your children & not a fat bank account?
As
an agent of CHANGE,
please
share
this true life story with your loved ones. God bless us
all.
Edited
and forwarded by Capt. Ravi Mahajan (Retd.)
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