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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