Maintain your Perspective
A man with a serious illness was taken into a hospital room. Another patient was on a bed next to the window. The two became friends. The one next to the window would look out and spend time delighting his companion with beautiful description of the world outside. Some days he would describe the beauty of the trees. Other days he would replay the things people were doing as they walked past the hospital.
Everyday he was describing how wonderful the life was out of the hospital. The bed ridden companion grew frustrated that he could not observe the wonders his friend described. He started to dislike him and hate him. One night the patient next to the window stopped breathing. His friend rather than pressing the button for help, he chose to let him die.
The patient who had given so much happiness and joy by recounting the sites outside the window was taken out from the room. The other man quickly asked the nurse that if his bed can be placed next to the window. As he looked out the window, he discovered something that makes him shake. The window faced a brick wall. His former roommate described in his imagination of a loving gesture to make the world of his friend a little bit better during the difficult time. He had acted out of selfless love.
To live happier, more fulfilling lives, when we encounter a difficult circumstance, we must keep shifting our perspective and continuously ask ourselves, “Is there a wiser, more enlightened way of looking at this seemingly negative situation?”
We walk this planet for such a short time. In the overall scheme of things, our lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity. So have the wisdom to enjoy the journey and savor the process.
A man with a serious illness was taken into a hospital room. Another patient was on a bed next to the window. The two became friends. The one next to the window would look out and spend time delighting his companion with beautiful description of the world outside. Some days he would describe the beauty of the trees. Other days he would replay the things people were doing as they walked past the hospital.
Everyday he was describing how wonderful the life was out of the hospital. The bed ridden companion grew frustrated that he could not observe the wonders his friend described. He started to dislike him and hate him. One night the patient next to the window stopped breathing. His friend rather than pressing the button for help, he chose to let him die.
The patient who had given so much happiness and joy by recounting the sites outside the window was taken out from the room. The other man quickly asked the nurse that if his bed can be placed next to the window. As he looked out the window, he discovered something that makes him shake. The window faced a brick wall. His former roommate described in his imagination of a loving gesture to make the world of his friend a little bit better during the difficult time. He had acted out of selfless love.
To live happier, more fulfilling lives, when we encounter a difficult circumstance, we must keep shifting our perspective and continuously ask ourselves, “Is there a wiser, more enlightened way of looking at this seemingly negative situation?”
We walk this planet for such a short time. In the overall scheme of things, our lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity. So have the wisdom to enjoy the journey and savor the process.
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