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آن سوی پنجره

در بيمارستاني ، دو مرد بيمار در يك اتاق بستري بودند . يكي از بيماران اجازه داشت كه هر روز بعد از ظهر يك ساعت روي تختش بنشيند . تخت او در كنار تنها پنجره اتاق بود . اما بيمار ديگر مجبور بود هيچ تكاني نخورد و هميشه پشت به هم اتاقيش روي تخت بخوابد . آن ها ساعت ها با يكديگر صحبت مي كردند ؛ از همسر ، خانواده ، خانه ، سربازي يا تعطيلاتشان با هم حرف مي زدند .هر روز بعد از ظهر ، بيماري كه تختش كنار پنجره بود ، مي نشست و تمام چيزهايي كه بيرون از پنجره مي ديد ، براي هم اتاقيش توصيف مي كرد .بيمار ديگر در مدت اين يك ساعت ، با شنيدن حال و هواي دنياي بيرون ، روحي تازه مي گرفت .

مرد كنار پنجره از پاركي كه پنجره رو به آن باز مي شد مي گفت . اين پارك درياچه زيبايي داشت . مرغابي ها و قو ها در درياچه شنا مي كردند و كودكان با قايق هاي تفريحي شان در آب سرگرم بودند . درختان كهن منظره زيبايي به آن جا بخشيده بودند و تصويري زيبا از شهر در افق دور دست ديده مي شد. مرد ديگر كه نمي توانست آن ها را ببيند چشمانش را مي بست و اين مناظر را در ذهن خود مجسم مي كرد و احساس زندگي مي كرد.روز ها و هفته ها سپري شد .

يك روز صبح ، پرستاري كه براي حمام كردن آن ها آب آورده بود ، جسم بيجان مرد كنار پنجره را ديد كه در خواب و با كمال آرامش از دنيا رفته بود . پرستار بسيار ناراحت شد و از مستخدمان بيمارستان خواست كه آن مرد را از اتاق خارج كنند .

مرد ديگر تقاضا كرد كه او را به تخت كنار پنجره منتقل كنند . پرستار اين كار را برايش انجام داد و پس از اطمينان از راحتي مرد ، اتاق را ترك كرد .

آن مرد به آرامي و با درد بسيار ، خود را به سمت پنجره كشاند تا اولين نگاهش را به دنياي بيرون از پنجره بياندازد . حالا ديگر او مي توانست زيبايي هاي بيرون را با چشمان خودش ببيند .

هنگامي كه از پنجره به بيرون نگاه كرد ، در كمال تعجب با يك ديوار بلند آجري مواجه شد

مرد پرستار را صدا زد و پرسيد كه چه چيزي هم اتاقيش را وادار مي كرده چنين مناظر دل انگيزي را براي او توصيف كند ؟

پرستار پاسخ داد : (( شايد او مي خواسته به تو قوت قلب بدهد . چون آن مرد اصلأ نابينا بود و حتي نمي توانست اين ديوار را ببيند .))

The Reflection - 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 a day to drain the fluids 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. And every afternoon when the  man in the bed next to 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 would live for those one-hour periods where  his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and  color of the outside world. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake, the man had said. Ducks and swans played on the water while  children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, 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 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. Unexpectedly, an alien thought entered his head: Why should hehave all the pleasure of seeing everything while I never get to see  anything? It didn't seem fair. As the thought fermented, the man felt  ashamed at first. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sights, his envy eroded into resentment and soon turned him sour. He   began to brood and found himself unable to sleep. He should be by that  window - and that thought now controlled his life.

Late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling, the man by the window  began to cough. He was choking on the fluid in his lungs. The other man   watched in the dimly lit room as the struggling man by the window groped for the button to call for help. Listening from across the room, he never moved, never pushed his own button which would have brought the nurse running. In less than five minutes, the coughing and choking  stopped, along with the sound of breathing. Now, there was only silence--deathly silence.

The following morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths. When she found the lifeless body of the man by the window, she was saddened and called the hospital attendant to take it away--no  words, no fuss. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the 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. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it all himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.

Moral of the story:

The pursuit of happiness is a matter of choice...it is a positive attitude we consciously choose to express. It is not a gift that gets delivered to our doorstep each morning, nor does it come through the window. And I am certain that our circumstances are just a small part of what makes us joyful. If we wait for them to get just right, we will never find lasting joy.

The pursuit of happiness is an inward journey. Our minds are like   programs, awaiting the code that will determine behaviors; like bank vaults awaiting our deposits. If we regularly deposit positive, encouraging, and uplifting thoughts, if we continue to bite our lips  just before we begin to grumble and complain, if we shoot down that seemingly harmless negative thought as it germinates, we will find that there is much to rejoice about.

Charles R. Swindoll

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