I recently heard a story from Stephen Glenn 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 grip1 on the slippery2 bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor - a veritable（名副其实的） sea of milk!
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling3 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 puddle4（水坑，泥潭） of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to g
