A boy was born to a couple after 11 years of marriage. They were a
loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eye. When the boy was
around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle
open. He was late for work 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 and fascinated by its color, 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 four words.
QUESTIONS:
1. what were the four words?
2. What is the implication of this story?
ANSWER:
The husband just said, "I Love You Darling."
The husband's totally unexpected reaction is 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 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. Take off all your envies,
jealousies, unforgiving attitude,selfishness, and fears. And you will
find things are actually not as difficult as you think.
"A successful relationship requires falling in love many times -with
the same person."
