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src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> BUSINESS MATTERS BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE) By Francis J. Kong The Philippine Star 05/12/2007 Sam Ewing says: "When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother's Day." Tomorrow the country celebrates Mother's Day. It's a good thing but do we really know what a mother is? Here is a story. At one point during a game, the coach said to one of his young players in a little league basketball game, "do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?" Little Johnny nodded in the affirmative. "Do you understand that what matters is whether we win together as a team?" Again Little Johnny nodded yes. "So," the coach continued, "when a foul is called, or you're called out of the game, you don't argue or curse or attack the referee. Do you understand all that?" Johnny nodded yes. "Good," said the coach. "Now go over there and explain it to your mother." Now that's a mother isn't it? To all the mothers out there especially the working moms, tell me if you can identify with this. You know you are a mom when: 1. Your feet stick to the kitchen floor... and you don't care. 2. The kids are fighting and you threaten to lock them in a room together and not let them out until someone's bleeding. 3. You can't find your cell phone, so you ask a friend to call you, and you run around the house madly, following the sound until you locate the phone downstairs in the laundry basket. 4. Your idea of a good day is making it through without a child leaking bodily fluids on you. 5. Popsicles become a food staple. 6. Your favorite television show is a cartoon. 7. Peanut butter and jelly is eaten at least in one meal a day. 8. You're so desperate for adult conversation that you spill your guts to the telemarketer that calls and HE hangs up on YOU! 9. Spit is your number one cleaning agent. 10. You're up each night until 10 p.m. vacuuming, dusting, wiping, washing, drying, loading, unloading, shopping, cooking, driving, flushing, ironing, sweeping, picking up, changing sheets, changing diapers, bathing, helping with homework, paying bills, budgeting, folding clothes, putting to bed, dragging out of bed, brushing, chasing, buckling, feeding (them, not you), PLUS swinging, playing basketball, bike riding, pushing the car, cuddling dolls, basketball, football, catch, bubbles, sprinklers, slides, coloring, crafts, jumping rope, PLUS raking, trimming, planting, edging, mowing, gardening, painting, and walking the dog. Catching up with your work, surfing the net, doing the reports, preparing for your business presentation, calling up a client. You get up at 5:30 a.m. and you have no time to eat, sleep, drink or go to the bathroom, and yet... you still managed to gain 10 pounds. 11. In your bathroom there is toothpaste on the light fixtures, water all over the floor, a dog drinking out of the toilet and body hair forming a union to protest unsafe working conditions. 12. The closest you get to gourmet cooking is making Shanghai Lumpia. These 12 items come from the Internet from an unknown source and I hope you find it funny. But now let's look at the serious side of motherhood. You know you are a mother when you form the next generation of people teaching them and equipping them with godly principles thereby preparing them to become salt of the earth and light of the world and to be a positive contribution to nation and society. Such is the work of the mom. Such is her nobility. Being a full time housewife and being a dedicated mom is never a waste of personal talent and opportunity. Godly mothers produce godly people and this is why: Abraham Lincoln says: "No man is poor who has had a godly mother." A Spanish proverb says: "An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy." Henry Ward Beecher says: "The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom." I give my utmost respect to working mothers for I know their job is not easy and they sacrifice a lot. This is why it is my conviction that a Mother's Day Celebration should also take place in the work place honoring the working mothers. So what do we do tomorrow? More than just taking the mom to the mall, buying her stuff or treating her for dinner, why not tell her how much you love her and appreciate her. Help her with the chores and make her queen for the day? She will appreciate that. Actress Meryl Streep had this reply when asked about the possibility of winning a third Oscar: "I'd rather be voted mother of the year by my family, because nobody realizes that being a good mother is harder than making a movie. Being a housewife and a mother is much more difficult." To all the dedicated mothers in our country, maybe the best thing I can tell you is: "Good Job." We may not be wealthy as a country but we sure can be rich as long as we have godly mothers. And by the way, Jane Sellman says it best when she said the phrase "working mother" is redundant. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!  Add as favourites (12) |  Quote this article on your site | Views: 340
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