different views

as a new player in the world called 'work & job' i used to think that the only way to know that your superior appriciate you and your work, is by letting you not leave the company by doing everything in his power, in everyway he knows how. how come i not think that, when at my previous job, i've submitted 5 times resignation.. All end up in me, still working with the company. Many times with much better salary and once ending up in a better departement with someone i thought will be a better boss! my first untill 3rd resignation, always, the boss offered me a raise.. somthing that obviously i cant refuse. but other that that, he made me think.. he said words, that made me even questions my decisions: will the new company be better, have i made the right decision, can i found better environments than now. the magic thing is, what i had was not that good at all, but that smart bastard really knows that it has been my comfort zone and there will obviously be questions when i have to leave that zone. he tried everything not to make me move!! that's the only thing i know... that's why, when a month ago, i decided to tell my current boss in my current company that i'm even thinking of leaving, and he didnt offered me anything, i was shocked! his reaction was: ok, take your time to think. while doing your thingkin, if there's anything at all that i can do to make you stay, you just let me know. yeah, i know it's a grand gesture for someone as snobbish as hhart. but please... i need to see that you're trying something to make me stay and to know that i'm appriciated. i was so devestated... all this time, i thought i was doing good. i thought he appriciated my work. i thought i was as close as he could get to his employees. i thought..i thought...i thought... but then, he didnt stop me at all. he just let me go.. And, he looked for a replacement with almost twice my salary. it was very hard for me to understand his gestures.. o my god, i was heart brokened. when finally my last day came, he called me to his office. he said thank you for everything. he let me go off my 10 mill contract, saying that this is due to my contribution to the company. And he gave me a cell phone that i always wanted, as my appriciation. And, my other boss currently staying at the US, send me e-mail, saying thank you all i've done for the company. that me being there has made a difference to the company, and hhart never said anything but compliment to my works. huh.. i should have understand, that people has different ways to show their appriciations, right? for someone with hhart's pride, dont ever expect anything that would have him swallowed his pride, but still he successfully showed his appriciation in other way.. thank you, my mentor... you've thought me many things :)