Hospital Friends
Hospital Friends
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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.
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 a parade 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.”
The origin of this letter is unknown, ….think you can pass it on, pls do.
Posted by: Anurag Bhateja | 02-20-2007 | 05:02 PM
Posted in: Heart Touching Story
It was a real heart touching story. Everyone should try to become a person like that sitting near the window.
awesome story…thanq 4 passing it on 2 me….
Thats a wonderful post dude!! ur story can make some changes in some people, keep it up!!
Its a fantastic movable moral story, which can cure all the diseases nowadays prevailing in this world….
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really a good story
i liked this but i cannot understand that why anybody who is unknown to me will send me a story like this.
but thanks whoever u r.
Actually I have studied a story like that.It is aheart touching story.
awesome story - thanks 4 passing it
awesome!
stories like these reinstall our faith in humanity by symbolising the indomitable human spirit..thanx for passing it on.
hello
Well…really an amazing story….words are too lame to describe it…beyond dat indeed..!!
very heart touching story…………….
Truly amazing…heart touching in real sense.but i really wonder, do these people exist?
just superb
a very nice nd heart touching story .thanx 4 forwarding dis 2 me.
its just awsome…thanx a lot…………
Simply amazing!!
We forget such morals and need to be reminded of them frequently…Thanks for passin it on.
Its always someone on whose shoulders the weight of responsibilty lies.. otherwise it becomes difficult to breath.. the initiative must be taken by us ourselves.. for someone might be waiting in a barren way…since times immemorial.(=
i am touched , aansoo nikal gaye yaar .
seriously dis kina stories vl bring a touch in any1’s heart..
really,a heart touching story.thanx for forwarding this 2 me.
It’s really a amazing story! One should read in his life time to know how to make others happy.
AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! superb story…… thankx for shareing it…….
A very nice touching & encouraging story reminding me of the quote “Be the reason for someone’s Happiness but never a part of it.
Be a part of someone’s Sadness but never the reason for it!”
It was really heart touching.. Thanks to my friend who forwarded it to me..
inspirational. a hard to find situation in todays times, where people dont have time for themselves. the world can be a better place if we have more people like the window man.
wonderful story!
y we call it a story??
..because now d man has become very selfish n manipulative…
lets c how many ppl who did comment on will try be like dat blind man..
hi,
it really was a touching storey.
dont you think so that we all have people around us who show us dreams, and when a dream broke…
anyways..take care..live life..enjoy
hey thts a story 4m d monk hu sold his ferrari..
hu wil cry wen u die.. sharma robin
AWESOME STORY THANX FOR SENDING IT 2 ME>>>>>>
AWESOME STORY THANX FOR SENDING IT 2 ME BUDDY\!!!!
awesome story really it is excellent thanx for passingto me
WONDERFULSTORY.
VERYYYY TOUCHING.
very good story i liked it thanks for sending, ct same
jus…. i find some tears rollin in my cheeks after readin dis story……. really damn good..
this is realy wonderful story.this is one of the best stories i have read.this story will definitely remembered by every one for ever.
This is really wonderful and heart touching.
I got tears by reading this.One should be happy at any time and should make others happy.This was the silent moral.
heyy…awesome story yarr….really very touching…..u made me cry yarr…..but was happy 2 hear tht still ppl r there 2 make others happy…i’ll never 4get dis one….
I FEEL THIS STORY MAKES US REALISE THAT THE JOY OF BRINGING HAPPINESS IN SOMEONES LIFE IS MUCH GREATER THAN OUR OWN SORROWS.
This one makes sence “One’s first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything - and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.”
It’s really a good story.Its really a good even if we are in grief or sorrow we should make others happy
good story
Simply Superb
Heart touching story
truly a hearten’g n wonderful story….thnx 4 pass’g it on ….