A baby boy was born to a couple after several years of their 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 office so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. His wife, preoccupied in the kitchen totally forgot the matter.
The little one saw the bottle and playfully went to grab it fascinated by its color and drank it all. It happened to be a medicine meant for aged people and to be taken 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 distressed father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just these words. “I am with you …". The husband's totally unexpected reaction is a 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 had taken time to keep the bottle away, this would not have happened. No one is to be blamed. 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 starts looking at life from a different perspective, there would be fewer problems in the world. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Take off all the jealousy, selfishness and fears one by one. And you will find things are actually not as difficult as you think.
Sometimes we spend time in asking who is responsible for, thinking whom to blame – whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people around us. By this time, we miss out to notice LIFE with a different perspective altogether.
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