A great way to live .... today or tomorrow .
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A very good story .....
It will take just 37seconds 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 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 details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.
One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by.
Although the other man could not hear the band - he could see it in his mind ' s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.
Days, weeks and months 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 besides 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 is why it is called The Present ." -
cool
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Meaningful story....I like it
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There are some things that you can't buy with money or Visa..
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Panties are not the best thing on earth, but next to best thing on earth.
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Stories remain as stories- inspiring, but still not the truth.
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too long laaaa
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very interesting.. Thanx for sharing.
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today is in our hands, tomorrow is deniel.
did Chuck ever existed?
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Stories serve to inspire. For some, it is crap cos they can't see it. For some, no meaning until they experience it. For some, aiya don't care.For some lame and happy-go-lucky. Most of the time, when we help others, we become less- concerned over our own problems. Our perspective widen and discover life isn't only about u, urself. Our views determine our perspective and our perspective determine how we live our life. And this view changes as we grow.
When one is optimist, one takes life in the present. For one who is sad, one usually, has not let go of the past and choose to live in the past. Deluded.
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Please dun post this type of story, this is the final warning, because this type of the story alway make me CRY......boo,,,hooo...mommy...bawaa!!!...cry
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I second that. Reminds me of The Shawshank Redemption.Originally posted by binarynwitz:Stories remain as stories- inspiring, but still not the truth. -
Nice!
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This story tells you that..
such an ideal scene will never exist or last in life.. the man was just naive to believe such a scene exists.
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.
the man beside the window was probably psychotic and imagining things, living in denial of this cruel world. though he tried to deceive the other man to make him feel better, he must have felt very painful himself... till death comes to claim him from this cruel world. -
there are some things that money can't buy.Originally posted by dbowie:There are some things that you can't buy with money or Visa..
for everything else, there's mastercard -
its a good story
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Originally posted by ILPSY:Nice!
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nice one dude, u completely ruined the story. the original was so good y'd u have to change it to make it crap?
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um i think you completely missed the point of the story. have fun living a bleak and colourless life.Originally posted by cloudymind:This story tells you that..
such an ideal scene will never exist or last in life.. the man was just naive to believe such a scene exists.
the man beside the window was probably psychotic and imagining things, living in denial of this cruel world. though he tried to deceive the other man to make him feel better, he must have felt very painful himself... till death comes to claim him from this cruel world. -
The man beside the window was BLIND. The things he saw were in his mind's eye.Originally posted by cloudymind:This story tells you that..
such an ideal scene will never exist or last in life.. the man was just naive to believe such a scene exists.
the man beside the window was probably psychotic and imagining things, living in denial of this cruel world. though he tried to deceive the other man to make him feel better, he must have felt very painful himself... till death comes to claim him from this cruel world. -
heart pain leh -
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