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[denizaksulu]

Must have been seen before.


Hospital Window

A great note for all to read it will take just 37 seconds to read this and change your thinking

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One warm afternoon the man by the window described aparade passing by.

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.

Days and weeks passed.

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.

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.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed.

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.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.

She said, 'Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.'

Epilogue:

There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.

Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled.

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy.


'Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present.'

[purdey]

Bloody good piece,and very true.It put's things into perspective when we grumble and moan about our little worries.
Last week my brother in law was dianosed with Mantle-cell Lymphoma,a rare and destructive cancer.He has two boys 8 and 9,and is only 40 years old.

[denizaksulu]

Bloody good piece,and very true.It put's things into perspective when we grumble and moan about our little worries.
Last week my brother in law was dianosed with Mantle-cell Lymphoma,a rare and destructive cancer.He has two boys 8 and 9,and is only 40 years old.

The problem is that there are too many self-centred people.

I hope your brother-in-law makes a good and fast recovery.

[zan]

Sorry to hear about your brother in law Purdey.

Great story Deniz. I wonder if the second guy knew that the first was blind they could have still lived the dream regardless.

[shahmaran]

Im terribly sorry about your brother Purdey, a very close family member of mine recently beat Lymphoma and so can your brother, i know what a terrible and slow process it is but it is far from impossible. Good luck!

Great piece by the way Deniz. Its a shame that such great will for your fellow men cannot be projected into international politics.

[denizaksulu]

Im terribly sorry about your brother Purdey, a very close family member of mine recently beat Lymphoma and so can your brother, i know what a terrible and slow process it is but it is far from impossible. Good luck!

Great piece by the way Deniz. Its a shame that such great will for your fellow men cannot be projected into international politics.

Bu hikayeyi neden koydum zaten?

Regards

[denizaksulu]

Sorry to hear about your brother in law Purdey.

Great story Deniz. I wonder if the second guy knew that the first was blind they could have still lived the dream regardless.

Like me, Zan? I live in a dream too. Sometimes I fear waking up and seeing what is happening in this world.

[zan]

Sorry to hear about your brother in law Purdey.

Great story Deniz. I wonder if the second guy knew that the first was blind they could have still lived the dream regardless.

Like me, Zan? I live in a dream too. Sometimes I fear waking up and seeing what is happening in this world.

I had this discussion with my in laws last night Deniz. Don't worry...It's an age thing and I am becoming that way as well. Everthing seems to have been much better in the old days but it was not......My trade allows me to find old newspapers under floor coverings that tell of a violent world. Of course there were the two world wars but the one interesting one that I wish I had kept but was to young and foolish to think of it's value was, on the front page, Robert Mitchum caught in a hotel room with another guy and a woman star taking drugs and being promiscuous. On the other columns of the front page was a group of ex-squadies holding up a bank and shooting the bank manager and a man who had chopped his wife to bits with an axe. I have heard many stories from the older generation of Brits at work who say that the Docks were a no go area at night. So today seems no better than it was than but no worse either...Just better reported.

[Oracle]

Sorry to hear about your brother in law Purdey.

Great story Deniz. I wonder if the second guy knew that the first was blind they could have still lived the dream regardless.

Like me, Zan? I live in a dream too. Sometimes I fear waking up and seeing what is happening in this world.

I had this discussion with my in laws last night Deniz. Don't worry...It's an age thing and I am becoming that way as well. Everthing seems to have been much better in the old days but it was not......My trade allows me to find old newspapers under floor coverings that tell of a violent world. Of course there were the two world wars but the one interesting one that I wish I had kept but was to young and foolish to think of it's value was, on the front page, Robert Mitchum caught in a hotel room with another guy and a woman star taking drugs and being promiscuous. On the other columns of the front page was a group of ex-squadies holding up a bank and shooting the bank manager and a man who had chopped his wife to bits with an axe. I have heard many stories from the older generation of Brits at work who say that the Docks were a no go area at night. So today seems no better than it was than but no worse either...Just better reported.

.... so that's where you get your dated ideas from

[zan]

Sorry to hear about your brother in law Purdey.

Great story Deniz. I wonder if the second guy knew that the first was blind they could have still lived the dream regardless.

Like me, Zan? I live in a dream too. Sometimes I fear waking up and seeing what is happening in this world.

I had this discussion with my in laws last night Deniz. Don't worry...It's an age thing and I am becoming that way as well. Everthing seems to have been much better in the old days but it was not......My trade allows me to find old newspapers under floor coverings that tell of a violent world. Of course there were the two world wars but the one interesting one that I wish I had kept but was to young and foolish to think of it's value was, on the front page, Robert Mitchum caught in a hotel room with another guy and a woman star taking drugs and being promiscuous. On the other columns of the front page was a group of ex-squadies holding up a bank and shooting the bank manager and a man who had chopped his wife to bits with an axe. I have heard many stories from the older generation of Brits at work who say that the Docks were a no go area at night. So today seems no better than it was than but no worse either...Just better reported.

.... so that's where you get your dated ideas from

Yes! Spooky isn't it....Getting news from news papers......And of the time......