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Fairl_Girl

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This is a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from others?


He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor—a veritable sea of milk!


When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"


Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you prefer?" He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.


His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it." The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!


This renowned scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment "doesn't work," we usually learn something valuable from it.
Posted 11 May 2008
sweetie says
nice FG
Posted 11 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
sweetie said:

nice FG

THX U JANI
Posted 11 May 2008
London_Girl says
lovely topic, dearie
Posted 11 May 2008
~Fragi~ says
tooooooooooooo much lengthy
Posted 11 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
London_Girl said:

lovely topic, dearie

thx janu
Posted 12 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
~Fragi~ said:

tooooooooooooo much lengthy

itna chota sa to hai apke liye
kaunsi bare bat hai bhai meray
Posted 12 May 2008
Rehan M Din says

beautiful....

Posted 12 May 2008
sun_shine says
Assalam O Alaikum
Really Nice...!
Posted 12 May 2008
~Fragi~ says
Fairl_Girl said:

~Fragi~ said:

tooooooooooooo much lengthy

itna chota sa to hai apke liye
kaunsi bare bat hai bhai meray


arey mein khud jo chota sa hun
Posted 12 May 2008
London_Girl says
Fairl_Girl said:

London_Girl said:

lovely topic, dearie

thx janu


missing u
Posted 13 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
MIS U 2 3 4
Posted 18 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
Rehan M Din said:


beautiful....

thx u
Posted 18 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
~Fragi~ said:

Fairl_Girl said:

~Fragi~ said:

tooooooooooooo much lengthy

itna chota sa to hai apke liye
kaunsi bare bat hai bhai meray


arey mein khud jo chota sa hun
nahinahi nahi
Posted 18 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
Rehan M Din said:


beautiful....

thx u
Posted 18 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
~Fragi~ said:

Fairl_Girl said:

~Fragi~ said:

tooooooooooooo much lengthy

itna chota sa to hai apke liye
kaunsi bare bat hai bhai meray


arey mein khud jo chota sa hun
nahinahi nahi
Posted 18 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
Rehan M Din said:


beautiful....

thx u
Posted 18 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
~Fragi~ said:

Fairl_Girl said:

~Fragi~ said:

tooooooooooooo much lengthy

itna chota sa to hai apke liye
kaunsi bare bat hai bhai meray


arey mein khud jo chota sa hun
nahinahi nahi
Posted 18 May 2008
London_Girl says
Fairl_Girl said:

MIS U 2 3 4




missing u again again again
Posted 19 May 2008
SupidGuy says

Thoughtfull....


Good Job FG...


Posted 20 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
WOW 3STARS THX U SUPIDU
Posted 21 May 2008
Rapunzel says
nice 1
Posted 21 May 2008
Fairl_Girl says
thxxx rapu
Posted 08 Jun 2008
^dewaja^ says
NICE ONE FG
Posted 18 Jun 2008
Fairl_Girl says
thanks devi
Posted 19 Jun 2008
Rapunzel says
welcum dear
Posted 19 Jun 2008
chandbabu says
nice one
Posted 19 Jun 2008
new_beau says
Although we didn't learnt anything from this post but atleast now we know that it's always good to say "very good and thanks for sharing" without reading the long stories


TFS FG (Qasam lay lou poori baat perhi hay mainn nay )
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