A touching story

A boy was born to a couple after eleven years ofmarriage. They were a loving couple and the boy wasthe gem of their eyes. When the boy was around twoyears old, one morning the husband saw a medicinebottle open. He was late for office so he asked hiswife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard.His wife, preoccupied in the kitchen totally forgotthe matter.The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to thebottle fascinated by its color and drank it all. Ithappened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adultsin small dosages. When the child collapsed the mother hurried him to thehospital. He died. The mother was stunned. She wasterrified how she was going to face her husband.When the distraught father came to the hospital andsaw the dead child, he looked at his wife and utteredjust five words.

What were the five words ?

The husband just said "I am with you Darling".The husband's totally unexpected reaction is aproactive behavior. The child is dead. He can neverbe brought back to life. There is no point in findingfault with the mother. Besides, if only he had takentime to keep the bottle away, this would not havehappened.No one is to be blamed. She had also lost her onlychild. What she needed at that moment was consolationand sympathy from the husband. That is what he gaveher. If everyone can look at life with this kind ofperspective, there would be much fewer problems in theworld. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with asingle step." Take off all your envies, jealousies,unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. And you willfind things are actually not as difficult as youthink.

This story is really worth reading. Sometimes we spendtime in asking who is responsible or whom to blame,whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. Bythis way we miss out some warmth in humanrelationship.