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Pradeep C
A Successful Relationship . . .
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 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?
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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 happen.
None 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 . . . "
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 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?
Scroll down to read...
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 happen.
None 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 . . . "