父亲的教诲：一个儿子的励志成长故事

13岁那年，父亲突然递给他一件旧衣服。"这件衣服能值多少钱？" "大概一美元。”他回答。

“你能将它卖到两美元吗？”父亲用探询的目光看着他。他赌着气说：“傻子才会买！”

父亲的目光真诚中透着渴求：“你为什么不试一试呢？你知道的，家里日子并不好过，要是你卖掉了，也算帮了我和你的妈妈。”

他点了点头：“我可以试一试，但是不一定能卖掉。”后来，他在地铁站叫卖六个多小时，终于卖出了这件衣服。

以后，每天他都热衷于从垃圾堆里淘出旧衣服，打理好后，再去闹市里卖。十多天后，父亲又递给他另一件旧衣服：“你想想，这件衣服怎样才能卖到20美元？”

“怎么可能？这么一件旧衣服怎么能 sells to 20 dollars? It's worth at most two dollars.” “You why not try?” father inspired him. “Good good think, there will always be a way.”

Finally, he thought of a good plan. He asked his drawing table brother to draw a cute Donald Duck and a mischievous Mickey Mouse on the shirt. He chose to sell it near an elite school gate. Soon, a butler bought the shirt for his young master who loved the picture on it so much that he gave him an extra 5-dollar tip.

25 dollars was no small amount! It was equivalent to his father's monthly wage. Back home, father handed over another old shirt: "Can you sell this one for 200 dollars?"

This time, he didn't hesitate; he took the clothes and started thinking about how to do it.

Two months later, when actress Lori Loughlin came to New York for promotion of her movie "G.I.Joe," he suddenly pushed past the security guard and held up the old shirt asking her for an autograph.

Lori Loughlin signed with ease; she laughed saying "Of course this is your clothes, you can do what you want with them!" He exclaimed: "The autographed sports jersey by Lori Loughlin is selling at 200 dollars!"

After bidding war in front of everyone present, an oil tycoon bought it from him for $1200!

Back home they all celebrated wildly - Father was moved to tears hugging him tightly again and again: "I originally planned if you couldn't sell it I would buy back myself... I never imagined you actually did! You're amazing my son..."

Under moonlight shining through window that night as they slept side by side...

Father asked: “Sonny what have you learned from these three shirts?”

He replied emotionally: “I've learned dad...”

"You are encouraging me..."

"Dad just wanted me know..."

"That even something only worth one dollar can be made grand." What about us living people? Why lose faith in life because we are poor or blackened?"

"I am right! Even something only worth one dollar can become grand—so why should I feel lowly about myself?"