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 work 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 saw the bottle and playfully went
to the bottle and, fascinated with 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.
What do you think were the four words?
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 have taken time to keep
the bottle away, this will not have
happened. No point in attaching blame.
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.
Sometimes we spend time asking who is
responsible or who to blame, whether in a
relationship, in a job or with the people we
know. We miss out some warmth in human
relationship in giving each other support.
After all, shouldn't forgiving someone we
love be the easiest thing in the world to
do?
Treasure what you have. Don't multiply
pain, anguish and suffering by holding on
to forgiveness.
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,
unwillingness to forgive, selfishness, and
fears and you will find things are actually
not as difficult as you think...
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