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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.
You have two choices now:
1. Delete this.
2.
Invite Love into your life!
Hope you will choose 2. I did.

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