The Window in the Hospital

Two seriously ill men were staying in the same ward in a hospital. Eddy had to sit up in his bed every afternoon for an hour in order to drain the water from his lungs. His bed was beside the only window of the ward. Ken had to lie flat in his bed all day for his illness and could not see the window. Everyday the two men talked about everything, including their families, houses, work, hobbies and holidays.
In the afternoons, when Eddy sat up to drain the water from his lungs, he looked out through the window and described what he saw to Ken in every details. Outside the window, there was a park and a beautiful lake. Several ducks and swans were swimming leisurely on the water. Children were playing with their toy boats. Young couples were leaning upon each other beside the colourful flower beds. There were beautiful city landscapes in the far distance. Ken listened attentively in closed eyes, imagining the views of all the activities and colours in his mind. Day after day, Eddy told Ken the scenes happening outside the window and Ken said to Eddy he felt very happy with all those views and events.
Time passed. One day when the nurse came by for regular inspections. She found Eddy had passed away quietly and peacefully during his sleep. Eddy's body was subsequently removed from the ward by hospital staff. Several days later after things settled down, Ken asked the nurse if he could change to the bed beside the window which Eddy previously occupied. The nurse gladly agreed and changed accordingly.
In his new bed, Ken forcefully pushed himself to sit up slightly and turned his head slowly to look out through the window, hoping he could have a look himself on the real world outside. But he was shocked as he could see nothing except a white wall of another building opposite. He couldn't understand why Eddy told him things so differently in all those days. He asked the nurse, and she replied, "Eddy was blind. He couldn't see there was a wall outside the window."

Eddy was just trying to create happiness and joy with his imagination, and shared them equally with Ken in order to cheer him up at their difficult times!!

No matter what situations we're in, if we can make others happy, we'll feel happy ourselves too. Sharing sadness and pain reduces sadness and pain by half. Sharing happiness and joy multiplies happiness and joy manifolds. As Michael Jackson also put it in his song (Heal the World):

"We could really get there
if you cared enough
for the living.
Make this little space
to make it a better place."