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預 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.
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Some friends forget, Some move away Some keep silent, Some just change But I知 not 1 of them, I知 here just 4 two moments now & 4ever... | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| wow so cute story ...but sob bachcha ra evabe shikle to sobai scientist hoto.. lol ... | |||||||||||||||||||
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mina (April 2nd, 2008) | ||
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| shob bachake eibhabe patiently chance dei kon ma baba api? Some friends forget, Some move away Some keep silent, Some just change But I知 not 1 of them, I知 here just 4 two moments now & 4ever... | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Well i just wished my mom was like that .. man i could be a scientist .. but wouldn't be this me either!  Sleep my child Under the fog there are shadows moving Don't be afraid, hold my hand Into the dark, there are eyelids closing Buried alive in the shifting sands | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Man, Writing a Story is kool, Implementing is Tough! Try to be a Mother like this Vor and Mina. "The Best part of Having a Cancer is you can smoke as much as you want" - A Cancer Paitent | |||||||||||||||||||
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mina (April 2nd, 2008) | ||
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| I wish shob bachha der shathe emon kora hoito!! but!! well... u can learn a lot from this story!! thank u for sharing!  Pяιη｢єѕѕ Pяσνα    | |||||||||||||||||
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mina (April 2nd, 2008) | ||
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| nice inspiring story..thanks for sharing | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Hmmm! Nice indeed mintush! I would have loved to see minu in this role! Haha! Jhari wali beti tumi(mina) to shobar agey diba ek haiiiia kore chillani!  I live in a world beyond your world.... | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Some friends forget, Some move away Some keep silent, Some just change But I知 not 1 of them, I知 here just 4 two moments now & 4ever... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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