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The dignity of stoop

A bending does not mean a permanent loss of dignity. The lower the waist, the higher the head

By Jane OxleyPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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He is the president of a listed company, rich, one day, he had a whim, want to experience the life of ordinary people.

He got on the bus, put in his money, found a window seat and sat down. He looked curiously at the people around him. In front of him was a pregnant woman.

Behind him were elderly people, ordinary people who crowded the bus every day and lived a miserable but happy life. Opposite him was a beautiful woman he could admire up close.

The car arrived at the next station, the people come up gradually more, the beauty is gradually covered by people. When he could not see her, he closed his eyes and remembered the beauty of the woman.

Suddenly, a shrill voice pounded at him, "Can't you just give up your seat? A grown man is no gentleman!"

He opened his eyes and saw a woman holding a baby, standing in front of him.

And the ugly woman with the shrill voice continued to shout at the dazed him, "Look what look, say you!"

All the people on the bus looked at him here, and his face was flushed. He stood up quickly and gave his seat to the woman with the baby.

At the next stop, he got off the train in a terrible mess. He had never expected to make such a fool of himself.

Before getting out of the car, he took a hard look at the ugly girl with sharp teeth and gnashed his teeth in hatred.

Later, the girl came to his company to apply, he decided to give her a little humiliation. During the interview, he personally checked the gate. He was secretly pleased that he was getting his revenge on her at last.

The girl recognized him, too, and her face was tense, sweat oozing from her forehead.

"If you polish each of our shoes, you'll be hired." "He said to her.

She stood there, hesitating for a long time.

Despite her education and ability, she was rejected by many companies because of her ugliness.

Now the opportunity was open to her, if only she could swallow her pride and shine their shoes for once. But how could she trade her dignity for it?

He decided in his mind that the stubborn girl would not condescend, and continued to urge her defiantly, until she agreed. She got a shoe brush, squatted down and began to shine the examiners' shoes.

"Aren't you good?" he thought proudly. Why is nothing happening?"

When it was his turn, he crossed his legs.

Unexpectedly, girl...

Suddenly, he felt that he had gone too far. The girl hurt him in the car, but she was doing good at heart.

He asked subordinates to come to her files, her written test results first, far ahead of the people behind, from all aspects, the girl is excellent, besides, he can not always renege in front of the public bar.

So, after she had polished the shoes of several examiners, he announced that she was hired.

She did not appear too excited, just a small thank you to the examiners.

Then he said to him carefully, "I have polished five pairs of shoes, including you. Each pair costs 2 yuan. Please pay me 10 yuan. Then I can come to work."

He had never expected the girl to say this, but he could not change his decision. Reluctantly, he gave her ten yuan.

To his surprise, the girl took 10 yuan and walked to an old man picking up garbage at the gate of the company and gave 10 yuan to the old man.

Some souls are meant to be noble, no matter how humble fate makes them. Like this girl, although her dignity was wounded, but she found a noble outlet for it.

From then on, he looked at the ugly girl with new eyes, in fact, the girl in the future work, really performed very well, outstanding performance, for him to complete a lot of seemingly impossible tasks.

One day, he could not help asking her, "Do you have any resentment for the trouble I caused you?"

The girl replied, "I bent down, just for a chance to raise my head."

A bending does not mean a permanent loss of dignity. The lower the waist, the higher the head.

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