Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or whom to
blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know.
We miss out some warmth in human relationship to give each other
support.
Treasure what you have.
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 playfully went to the medicine bottle and, fascinated with its colour,
drank it all. It happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small
dosages. When the child showed signs of poisoning the mother took
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?
Check with the answers only after you have come up with your own.
Please read below: –
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ANSWER:
The husband just said “I Love You Darling”. The husband’s totally
unexpected reaction is proactive behaviour. He is indeed a genius in
human relationships. The child is dead. He can never be brought
back to life. There is no point in finding fault with the mother.
She had also lost her only child. What she needed at that moment
was consolation and empathy from the husband. That is what he
gave her, with his high emotional intelligence.
If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective,
there would be much fewer problems in the world.
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