Words to Her Son

In her letter to her 15-year-old son Alvin, Ms. Tung (童志祥), IBM general manager in  Taiwan area, mentioned her expectation for her son:

                              高  寬  廣  亮 

                      做一個對社會有價值的人

She further explained the four words.

"高，人的格局要高，才不會計較。寬是視野要寬，要有國際觀，且有多重興趣及專長。廣，心胸要廣，要能接納別人。亮就是做人做事要明亮、要正直。這四個字之中，以亮為最優先，這是最重要也是最基本的。"

She wrote the letter to her son  before he left for the US to study.  She was happy that he got the opportunity to learn to be independent.  However, at the end of the letter, she still told her son that he could go home whenever he wanted to and that she and her husband would fly to him whe he needed them.   It sounds paradoxical, but a common mindset of parents.

P.S. This letter can be found in Business Weekly (商業週刊), no. 1087.