8 years ago
Monday, March 25, 2013
A MUST READ STORY
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.
One morning, when the boy was
around two years old, the
husband saw a medicine bottle
open. He was late for work so he
asked the wife to cap the bottle
and put it in the cupboard. The
mother, preoccupied in the
kitchen, totally forgot the matter.
The boy saw the bottle and
playfully went to it 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 would she 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.
“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 put the bottle away,
this would 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’s to
blame, whether in a relationship,
in a job or with the people we
know and miss out on the
warmth in human relationships
we could receive by 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 onto
forgiveness. Let go of all your
envies, jealousies, unwillingness
to forgive, selfishness, and fears
and you will find things are
actually not as difficult as you
think.
If everyone could look at life with
this kind of perspective, there
would be fewer problems in the
world.
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