change your life by changing your thinking...........
Change
Your Thinking
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 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
.'
Only YOU can change your thinking but if you think that things will just CHANGE when you have accepted negative behavior from others without YOU taking some kind of action you are SO SO Very WRONG .........Lessons will never be learned unless you take a chance and do things DIFFERENTLY. The definition of insanity is doing the SAME thing over and over and EXPECTING a different result. And if you DON'T know what YOU want, how the heck do you expect to get it????
Joan
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