Hey Everybody!!!!!!!!!!!

A great story for all to read............ its truth of life ......... if u apply it to ur life u will be HAPPY FOREVER..................... atleat i believe in this.......... Wat say guys........

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.

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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.

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 ."

Regards,

Monika

From India, Delhi
Hai monica,
The story u hv presented is very nice and i want to say one thing "happiness is needed for every person, being happy and make others happy is the most important thing "
that the above theme is shown in the story... Hope all will practice the same
- manikumar

From India, Vijayawada
hi monica!
very true.
happiness has no measures to decrease if shared.
its very important to learn to make others happy inspite of your grave situation.
and belive me its very difficult task too.
plzz do keep enriching us with such stories!
namrata

From India, Ahmadabad
hiiii monica,
:) wat a great story
im really touched by this story.
its having A GREAT MESSAGE IN IT.
if all of us who have read this story can make even 1 person happy in our life and encourage others also to do that then we will definitely make this world a great plce to live...........
bye
take care
surbhi

From India, Delhi
Hello
Monika,
Hey it's really good,nice ,sweet &touching story.
You know if all the human being do the same thing with others than life is very sweet &nice what u think .
Thanks for teach a such good thing& story.
Byeeeeee

From India, Delhi
Hi Monika..
really good story.. i think we can do lot of thing in very small & simple ways but still we don't do.....
Every one of us wants to do god thing but in that we miss out on so many thing we could have done with small small happiness ...
i still remeber once i had seen two parsi womans .. standing outside of shop ....for shelter... asking for a small favour .... and i did'nt do it for tham...
i could have done a small favour to tham which could have given me a Internal Satisfaction ....& happiness...
bhakti

From India, Mumbai
Hi Monica,
This is a very touching story with so much to learn from. I have learn't from tthe sttory amongst other things that I can carry my own weather, irrespective of what is happening around, I can see the good in every thing.
Warm regards,
Dorothy


Hi Monica Thank you for this very inspiring story. We have among us quite a few people who are comparable the blind man (at least to some extent). We have only to find them. Lawrence

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