Post by klbeebs on May 20, 2008 22:03:26 GMT
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>> Hospital Window
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>> A great note for all to read it will take just 37 seconds to read
>> this and change your thinking
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>> Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One
>> man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to
>> help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's
>> only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his
>> back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives
>> and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the
>> military service, where they had been on vacation.
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>> Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up,
>> he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things
>> he could see outside the window.
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>> The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods
>> where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the
>> activity and color of the world outside.
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>> The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans
>> played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young
>> lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine
>> view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.
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>> As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail,
>> the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and
>> imagine the picturesque scene.
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>> One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing
>> by.
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>> Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it. In
>> his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with
>> descriptive words.
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>> Days and weeks passed.
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>> One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths
>> only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had
>> died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the
>> hospital attendants to take the body away.
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>> As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could
>> be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the
>> switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.
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>> Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his
>> first look at the real world outside.
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>> He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed.
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>> It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have
>> compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful
>> things outside this window
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>> The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see
>> the wall.
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>> She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."
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>> Epilogue:
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>> There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our
>> own situations.
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>> Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is
>> doubled.
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>> If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that
>> money can't buy.
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>> "Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present!!!!
