FIVE WORDS

A boy was born to a couple after seven 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. The mother was stunned. She was terrified how she was going to
face her husband. When the distraught father came to the hospital and saw
the child in ICU, 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 in ICU. 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 also feels guilty for her child. What she needed at that moment
was consolation and sympathy from the husband.

*“Sometimes we spend lot of time in asking who is responsible or whom to
blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know”*

*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, un-forgiveness,
selfishness, and fears. And you will find things are actually not as
difficult as you think.*