What is happiness...Part 2
Topic started by Savita (@ awork051232.netvigator.com) on Fri Aug 20 00:09:02 EDT 2004.
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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."
Responses:
- From: the cynical one (@ bbcache-16.singnet.com.sg)
on: Fri Aug 20 02:45:00 EDT 2004
nice one savita. u sure that all happiness shared is doubled. me thinks it turns ppl green with envy many a time :-(
- From: Ja (@ 164.100.41.9)
on: Wed Sep 1 00:04:56 EDT 2004
Hai savi,
Its nice. Where did you get the epilogue from? Its so nice to read. I think one has to keep these things safely. In my view, if one is contended, happiness is automatic. Endless desire should be curtailed. Happiness flows from within. We need not search out. Everything is within us. One has to be happy and make others happy. I think we may need a lot of time to discuss this topic. Overall its nice.
Jagannathan
- From: savita (@ awork016107.netvigator.com)
on: Wed Sep 1 05:19:12 EDT 2004
Hi Jagannathan
I got it in email, long time ago. I was searching for some recipe and came accross this hub. Good to know you liked it.
Thanks
Savita
- From: Jagannathan (@ 164.100.41.9)
on: Wed Sep 1 23:48:38 EDT 2004
Hai savita,
Thanks for the response. I always collect such interesting anecdotes / epilogues wherever I get. If you come across such epilogues do mail me, if you don't feel troubled. Thanks once again.
Jagannathan
- From: Meena (@ ebuilding.com.my)
on: Fri Sep 3 01:26:16 EDT 2004
Dear Jagannathan,
I have a lot of anecdotes / epilogues. if u want i can mail it to you..
- From: Pavalamani Pragasam (@ 220.226.50.42)
on: Fri Sep 3 03:03:26 EDT 2004
Nice one. I have read this somewhere long ago. A very touching & enlightening anecdote. Amidst all the mundane squalor around us humanity is still very much alive, and in the least expected corners making the world chug on!
- From: JAGANNATHAN (@ 164.100.41.9)
on: Sun Sep 5 23:47:38 EDT 2004
Dear Meena,
Thanks for your response. please mail me. My address is:Jagannath1093@Rediff.com
Jagannathan
- From: savita (@ awork016104.netvigator.com)
on: Tue Sep 7 02:36:21 EDT 2004
Hi Meena
If not big trouble can you email them to me also. My email savita@ibahk.com.
Thanks
Savita
- From: Meena (@ ebuilding.com.my)
on: Wed Sep 8 01:41:50 EDT 2004
Hi Savita & Jagan...Tonight i will send it to u both..Bye
- From: Jagannathan (@ 164.100.41.9)
on: Thu Sep 16 23:59:04 EDT 2004
Hello savita,
Did you receive any response from Meena? Pl. inform.
Jagannathan
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- From: savita (@ awork015064.netvigator.com)
on: Mon Sep 27 14:36:54 EDT 2004
This is the part - 1 of this story.... it was lost somwhere.........
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospitalroom.
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.
- From: savita (@ awork015064.netvigator.com)
on: Mon Sep 27 14:38:05 EDT 2004
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.
- From: savita (@ awork015064.netvigator.com)
on: Mon Sep 27 14:38:33 EDT 2004
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.
- From: savita (@ awork015064.netvigator.com)
on: Mon Sep 27 14:41:55 EDT 2004
........ Part 2 comes after this, which is on the top. I posted this story in 2 parts, but first part I can't find anywhere on the forum now.
Enjoy
- From: dipak (@ 164.100.32.11)
on: Tue Sep 28 04:25:10 EDT 2004
Savita-plz read "life is also butifull"-a masterpiece for persons like you...
- From: savita (@ awork015185.netvigator.com)
on: Wed Sep 29 12:50:49 EDT 2004
Dipak
who is the writer
- From: Twinkle (@ cache-dtc-ae09.proxy.aol.com)
on: Wed Sep 29 21:50:54 EDT 2004
i like the epilogue a lot.. it is sooo funny..today..pressent ..i am laughing rite now..lolzzzzzz..i liked it..
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