A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.
"Your son is here," she said to the old man.
She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes
opened.
Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the
young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his
hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp
ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.
The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.All
through the night, the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward,
holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength.
Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away
and rest awhile.
He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious
of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of
the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging
greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.
Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said
nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.
Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless
hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she
had to do, he waited.
Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the
Marine interrupted her.
"Who was that man?" he asked.
The nurse was startled, "He was your father," she answered.
"No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never saw him before in my life."
"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?"
"I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his
son, and his son just wasn't here. When I realized that he was too sick to
tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I
stayed."
The next time someone needs you ... just be there. Stay.
WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS GOING THROUGH A
TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY
HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
STAY YOUNG
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them."
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround you with what and whom you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, and hobbies, whatever.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is
Unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next
County; to a foreign country but NEVER to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at EVERY
Opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that takes our breath away.
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them."
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround you with what and whom you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, and hobbies, whatever.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is
Unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next
County; to a foreign country but NEVER to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at EVERY
Opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that takes our breath away.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Its long when I visited this place. Actually I was busy visiting other places.
I have been to Vaishanav Devi last month. It was really a good trip. We walked around 13 km in the hills and that too in the night. Temperature was 12 to 13 degree but we were swatting.
In early morning, we had devi Darshan nicely. We were so tired to come down so we had taken horses, but I was so scared to ride and it was a real knock for my spinal. I and Saurabh got down from horses in between on the way down to katra and walked down. We had very good time with each other.
I have been to Vaishanav Devi last month. It was really a good trip. We walked around 13 km in the hills and that too in the night. Temperature was 12 to 13 degree but we were swatting.
In early morning, we had devi Darshan nicely. We were so tired to come down so we had taken horses, but I was so scared to ride and it was a real knock for my spinal. I and Saurabh got down from horses in between on the way down to katra and walked down. We had very good time with each other.
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