突然好感动

今天，我在爸爸的mail box里头看到了这封电邮
我其实并不是没有礼貌的开爸爸的信箱
而是他的mail box一路来都是由我来打理的

好啦，长话短说吧！
我其实看了这封forwarded mail之后很想要和大家分享
虽说forward mail每次都让我觉得很烦
但是在我还未删除它之前，还是会先打开来看看
不想错过有意思的电邮

以下就是我要和大家分享的短文
有时间的话，我希望你可以逗留在我部落里久一些些
希望可以给你带来一些意外的收获

首先，电邮的开始是这样的：

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."