Sunday, September 23, 2012

WITH YOU BY MY SIDE - By David Haas



When I'm feeling all alone and Im far away from home,

God I need you to hear me

When my friends all turn away

then I ache to hear you say that you are with me thru it all

You are the light, you're the song that Im singing
whom should I fear when you are with me
For you are my God and with you there is nothing I cant do
with you by my side (Refrain)

When I feel all sick inside with no safe place to hide,
God I need you to listen
When it seems I cant go on
Then I long to hear the song reminding me you are my friend (Refrain)

And as I go through my life, I will keep you in my sight,
To walk with me and be my strength
God, I know your plan for me
To help all those in need
To you alone I give my life (Refrain)

Last Refrain:
You are the light, You are the light
you're the song that Im singing (singing)
whom should I fear when you are with me
For you are my God and with you 
there is nothing I cant do with you by my side
With you by my side (2X)
Lord, I need you by my side, 
with you by my side Lo- oh-oh-ord, with you by my side

You are the light, you're the song that Im singing.

THE JOB INTERVIEW




One young academically excellent person went for an interview for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview; BUT in that Company, the director did the last interview, and made the final decision. 

The director discovered from the CV, that the youth’s academic result was excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never was there a year he did not score. 

The director asked, “Did you obtain any scholarship in school?” and the youth answered “no”. The director asked,” Did your father pay your school fees?”. The youth answered, “my father passed away when I was one year old and it was my mother who paid my school fees”. 

The director asked, ” Where did your mother work?” The youth answered, “my mother worked as cloth cleaner.” The director requested the youth to show his hands and the youth showed a pair of hands that was smooth and perfect to the director. 

The director asked, ” Did you ever help your mother wash clothes before?” The youth answered,” never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books, furthermore, my mother could wash clothes faster than I could” 

The director said, I have a request, when you go back today, go and help to clean your mother’s hand, and then see me tomorrow morning. The youth felt that the chance of landing the job was high and when he went back, he happily wanted to clean his mother’s hands. 

His mother felt strange. With happiness mixed with fear, she showed her hands to the kid. The youth cleaned his mother’s hands slowly and his tears fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled, and that there were so many bruises in her hands. 

Some bruises were so painful that she shuddered when his mother’s hands were cleaned with water. This is the first time that the youth realized and experienced that it is this pair of hands that washed the clothes every day to earn him the school fees and that the bruises in the mother’s hand were the price that the mother paid for his graduation and academic excellence and probably his future. 

After finishing the cleaning of his mother’s hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother. That night, the mother and son talked for a very long time. 

Next morning, the youth went to the director’s office. The director noticed the tear in the youth’s eye and asked: ” Can you tell me what you did and learned yesterday in your house?” The youth answered, ” I cleaned my mother’s hands and also finished washing all the remaining clothes.’ 

The director asked, ”Please tell me what you felt.” The youth said: “Number 1, I know what appreciation is now’. Without my mother, I would not be successful today. Number 2, Now I know how to work together with my mother. Only now do I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I know the importance and value of family relationship.” 

The director said, “This is what I want. I want to recruit a person that can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the suffering of others to get things done, and a person that would not put money as his only goal in life to be my manager. 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 and the company improved tremendously.