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Life Talk!

THIS IS HOW WE MISS OUT SOMETHING CALLED "LIFE"

osesame

osesame

Egypt

A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was the gem 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 boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the
bottle fascinated by its color and 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 five words.
QUESTIONS :
1. What were the five words ?
2. What is the implication of this story?
ANSWER :
The husband just said “I am with you Darling”
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 can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be much fewer problems in the world. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. And you will find things are actually not as difficult as you think.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
This story is really worth reading. ..... Sometimes we spend time in asking who is responsible or whom to blame, whether in a relationship,in a job or with the people we know. By this way we miss out something called L.I.F.E

02:16 PM May 11 2010 |

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osamafetoh

Egypt

it is good life osesame

07:31 AM May 12 2010 |

Nassem

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

if i find a man like that husband, i will give him the rest of my life & he'll be all my dreams & the only target. But… it's just a STORY

12:22 PM May 12 2010 |

sunay

sunay

Turkey

Hello Osesame

I liked  reading the story. I agree with the moral of the story too. Only we are not able to act in a positive way every time. you know I sometimes wonder how many people (men women children) die each day of something which isn't understandable. I think every human beiing  is worthy. Nobody should die, because someone else makes a mistake or makes this knowingly for example a war.

Thank you for sharing this story with us and my greeting to your place. 

07:10 PM May 12 2010 |