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A story

[ The measure of Love is when you Love without measure ]



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. He died.



The mother was stunned. She was terrified how she was going 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. 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 some warmth in human
relationship.

posted by 05s28 @ 8:18 PM