from an e-group...a very inspiring story.
read on...

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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 playfully went to the medicine 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 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 tried to come up with your own.
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ANSWER :
The husband just said " I Love You Darling ".
The husband's totally unexpected reaction is proactive behavior. 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 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.

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a
little. To be happy with a woman you must understand her a lot and love
her with all your heart. "A journey of a thousand miles, begins with but
with a single step." Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness,
selfishness, and fears AND you will find things are actually not so
difficult as you think."