Story
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A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of
marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eyes.
When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a
medicine bottle open. He was late for the office so he asked the wife to
cap
the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. The mother, preoccupied in the
kitchen totally forgot the matter. The boy playfully went to the medicine
bottle and, fascinated with its colour drank it all. It happened to be a
poisonous
medicine meant for adults in small dosages. When the child showed signs
of poisoning the mother took 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 :
What were the four words ?
What is the implication of this story ?
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come up with your own.
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ANSWER :
The husband just said " I love You Darling "
The husband's totally unexpected reaction is proactive
behaviour. He is indeed a genius in human relationships. The child is
dead. He can never come back to life. There is no point in finding fault
with the mother.
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.
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot
and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman you must understand her a lot
and love her with all your heart.
"A journey of a thousand miles, begins with but a
single step.
Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiving attitude,
selfishness, and fears
AND you will find things are actually not so difficult
as you
think."