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The Split Milk






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 on 5/11/2008 7:37:37 PM
nice FG
Posted on 5/11/2008 7:48:17 PM
sweetie:
nice FG
THX U JANI
Posted on 5/11/2008 7:59:16 PM
lovely topic, dearie
Posted on 5/11/2008 9:19:17 PM
tooooooooooooo much lengthy
Posted on 5/11/2008 11:25:36 PM
London_Girl:
lovely topic, dearie
thx janu
Posted on 5/12/2008 12:40:35 AM
~Fragi~:
tooooooooooooo much lengthy
itna chota sa to hai apke liye
kaunsi bare bat hai bhai meray
Posted on 5/12/2008 12:42:20 AM

beautiful....

Posted on 5/12/2008 8:38:00 AM
Assalam O Alaikum
Really Nice...!
Posted on 5/12/2008 10:53:31 AM
Fairl_Girl:
~Fragi~:
tooooooooooooo much lengthy
itna chota sa to hai apke liye
kaunsi bare bat hai bhai meray


arey mein khud jo chota sa hun
Posted on 5/12/2008 10:06:14 PM
Fairl_Girl:
London_Girl:
lovely topic, dearie
thx janu


missing u
Posted on 5/13/2008 7:15:02 PM
MIS U 2 3 4
Posted on 5/18/2008 1:39:06 AM
Rehan M Din:

beautiful....

thx u
Posted on 5/18/2008 1:50:26 AM
~Fragi~:
Fairl_Girl:
~Fragi~:
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 on 5/18/2008 1:50:31 AM
Rehan M Din:

beautiful....

thx u
Posted on 5/18/2008 1:51:45 AM
~Fragi~:
Fairl_Girl:
~Fragi~:
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 on 5/18/2008 1:54:19 AM
Rehan M Din:

beautiful....

thx u
Posted on 5/18/2008 1:55:53 AM
~Fragi~:
Fairl_Girl:
~Fragi~:
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 on 5/18/2008 1:55:55 AM
Fairl_Girl:
MIS U 2 3 4



missing u again again again
Posted on 5/19/2008 6:20:47 PM

Thoughtfull....


Good Job FG...


Posted on 5/20/2008 3:58:30 PM
WOW 3STARS THX U SUPIDU
Posted on 5/21/2008 3:31:41 AM
nice 1
Posted on 5/21/2008 8:12:11 PM
thxxx rapu
Posted on 6/8/2008 1:00:32 AM
NICE ONE FG
Posted on 6/18/2008 9:34:45 PM
thanks devi
Posted on 6/19/2008 12:44:50 AM
welcum dear
Posted on 6/19/2008 1:20:56 PM
nice one
Posted on 6/19/2008 2:10:42 PM
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 )
Posted on 6/20/2008 1:32:30 AM
seekhne walay sekkhtay hai kisi bi age mai
mujhe mujhe yaken nahi ki pure pahr hai
Posted on 6/23/2008 4:29:35 PM
Aap kay dil waalay neckless ki qasam..yaqeen ker lainn na
Posted on 6/28/2008 12:19:04 AM
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