窗口
兩名男子，都患重病，住在同一病房。 一個人被允許在他的床上坐起來為每天下午一小時，以幫助排出液體從他的肺部。 他的床旁邊的房間的唯一窗口。 另一名男子花了他所有的時間單位在他的背上。 男人們聊了幾個小時就結束。 他們談論他們的妻子和家庭，他們的家園，他們的工作，他們在軍中服務，在那裡他們被度假。
每天下午，當男人在床上的窗口能坐起來，他會通過時間來描述他的室友的所有事情，他能看到窗外。 男人在床上開始過其他那些一小時的時段在那裡他的世界也將擴大和活躍的所有活動和顏色外面的世界。
窗口忽略了一個公園，一個可愛的湖。 鴨子和天鵝在水面上發揮了，而孩子們他們的模型船航行。 年輕的情侶手挽手走了鮮花中的每一種顏色和優美景色的城市天際線中可以看到的距離。
由於該男子的窗口中說明這一切，精緻的細節，該名男子在另一邊的房間就會閉上眼睛想像那些栩栩如生的場景。
一個溫暖的下午，該名男子的窗口中說明遊行經過。 雖然其他人聽不到樂隊 - 他可以看到它。 在他心目中的君子所為窗口描繪它用生動的語言。 幾天，幾個星期過去了。
一天早晨，天的護士來為他們帶來水洗澡，卻發現該名男子的屍體在窗前，誰曾在睡夢中平靜地去世。 她很悲傷，並呼籲醫院的值班人員把屍體抬走。 一旦它似乎是適當的，另一個人問他是否可以移到旁邊的窗口。 護士很高興做了調換，並在確認他很舒服，她離開了他。
慢慢地，痛苦地，他撐起身子一肘把他先看看外面的真實世界。 他緊張地慢慢轉頭看窗外床邊。 它面臨著一個空白的牆。
該男子問護士什麼能迫使他已故室友誰曾形容這種奇妙的事窗外。 護士回答，該名男子是個盲人，甚至無法看到牆上。 她說：“也許他只是想鼓勵你。”
後記：有巨大的幸福建立在使別人快樂，儘管我們自己的情況。 共享的悲傷是悲傷的一半，但幸福時共享，是增加了一倍。 如果你想感受豐富，只是數著錢的東西你都買不到的。
“今天是一個禮物，這就是為什麼它被稱為現在。”
佳文共賞
The Window
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 descXXXXXriptive 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."
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