A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of
marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was
the gem of their eyes.
When the boy was around two years old, one morning the
husband saw a medicine bottle open. He was late for
office so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep
it in the cupboard. His wife, preoccupied in the
kitchen totally forgot the matter. adults
in small dosages. When the child collapsed the mother
hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother
The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the
bottle fascinated by its color and drank it all. It
happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for
was stunned. She was terrified how to face her
husband.
When the distraught father came to the hospital and
saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered
just five words.
QUESTIONS
:
1. What were the five words?
2. What is the implication of this story?
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ANSWER:
The husband just said "I am with you Darling"
The husband's totally unexpected reaction is a
proactive behavior.
The child is dead. He can never be brought back to
life. There is no point in finding fault with the
mother.
Besides, if only he had taken time to keep the bottle
away, this would not have happened.
No one is to be blamed. She had also lost her only
child. What she needed at that moment was consolation
and sympathy from the husband. And that is what he
gave her.
If everyone can look at life with this kind of
perspective, there would be much fewer problems in the
world. "
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
step.
Take off all your envy, jealousy, anger, selfishness,
and fears. And you will find things are actually not
as difficult as you think.
MORAL OF THE STORY
This story is really worth reading. ..... Sometimes we
spend time in asking who is responsible or whom to
blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the
people we know. By this we miss out something or sometimes many things or everything...
