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. 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 adults in small dosages. When the child collapsed the
mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother 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?
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. 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 envies, jealousies,
unforgiveness, 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 way we miss out something called
L.I.F.E 
