The Window

A great note for all to read it will take just 37 seconds to read this and change your thinking

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 aske! d 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."

The origin of this letter is unknown, but it brings good luck to everyone who passes it on. !

Do not keep this letter.

Just forward it to your friends to whom you wish good luck.

You will see that something good will happen to you

Can't Please Everyone !!!

An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked.

As they went along they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding. The man and the boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions.

Later, they passed some people that remarked. "What a shame, he makes that little boy walk." They decided to both would walk!

Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride.
So, they both rode the donkey.

Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey.
The boy and the man said that they were probably right, so they decided to carry the donkey.

As they crossed the bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned

The Moral of the Story?

If you try to please everyone, you might as well kiss your ass good-bye.

A Ti me To Believe

To believe
is to know that every day is a new beginning.
It is to trust that miracles happen,and dreams really
do come true.

To believe
is to see angels dancing among the clouds
to know the wonder of a stardust sky and the wisdom of the
man in the moon.

To believe
is to know the value of a nurturing heart,
the innocence of a child's eyes and the beauty of an aging hand,
for it is through their teachings
we learn to love.

To believe
is to find the strength and courage
that lies within us when it is time to pick up the pieces and begin again.

To believe
is to know we are not alone,
that life is a gift and this is our
time to cherish it.

To believe
is to know that wonderful surprises are just waiting to happen,
and all our hopes and dreams are within reach.

"If only we believe."

Kitty on the Prowl

We've all had trouble with our animals, but I don't think anyone can top this one:

Calling in sick to work makes me uncomfortable. No matter how legitimate my excuse, I always get the feeling that my boss Thinks I'm lying.


On one recent occasion, I had a valid reason but lied anyway, because the truth was just too darned humiliating. I simply Mentioned that I had sustained a head injury, and I hoped I would feel up to coming in the next day. By then, I reasoned, I could think up a doozy To explain the bandage on the top of my head.

The accident occurred mainly because I had given in to my wife's wishes to adopt a cute little kitty. Initially, the new acquisition was no problem.

Then one morning, I was taking my shower after breakfast when I heard my wife, Deb, call out to me from the kitchen.

"Honey! The garbage disposal is dead again. Please come Reset it."

"You know where the button is," I protested through the shower pitter-patter and steam. "Reset it yourself!"

"But I'm scared!" she persisted. "What if it starts Going and sucks me in?"

There was a meaningful pause and then, "C'mon, it'll Only take you a second." So out I came, dripping wet and buck naked, Hoping that my silent outraged nudity would make a statement about how I perceived her behavior as extremely cowardly. Sighing loudly, I Squatted down and stuck my head under the sink to find the button. It Is the last action I remember performing.

It struck without warning, and without any respect to my circumstances.

No, it wasn't the hexed disposal, drawing me into its gnashing metal teeth. It was our new kitty, who discovered the fascinating dangling objects she spied hanging between my legs. She had been poised around the corner and stalked me as I reached under the sink. And, at the precise moment when I was most vulnerable, she leapt at the toys I unwittingly offered, and snagged them with her needle-like claws.

I lost all rational thought to control orderly bodily movements, blindly rising at a violent rate of speed, with the full weight of a kitten hanging from my masculine region. Wild animals are sometimes faced with a "fight or flight" syndrome.

Men, in this predicament, choose only the "flight" option. I know this from experience. I was fleeing straight up into the air when the sink and cabinet bluntly and forcefully impeded my ascent. The impact knocked me out cold.

When I awoke, my wife and the paramedics stood over me. Now there are not many things in this life worse than finding oneself lying on the kitchen floor buck naked in front of a group of "been-there, done- that" paramedics.

Even worse, having been fully briefed by my wife, the Paramedics were all snorting loudly as they tried to conduct their work, all the while trying to suppress their hysterical laughter.... ... and not succeeding. Somehow I lived through it all. A few days later I finally made it back in to the office, where colleagues tried to coax an explanation out of me about my head injury I kept silent, Claiming it was too painful to talk about, which it was.

"What's the matter?" They all asked, "Cat got your tongue?"

If they only knew!


Why is it that only the women laugh at this?
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The Bride

The young bride approached her eager husband on
their wedding night and
demanded $20 for their first love-making encounter.
In his highly aroused
state, he readily agreed.
This scenario was repeated each time they made
love for the next 30
years, him thinking it was a cute way for her
to buy new clothes, etc.
Arriving home around noon one day, she found her
husband in a very drunken
state. Over the next few minutes she heard of the
ravages of financial ruin
caused by corporate down sizing and it's effects on
him, a 50 year old junior
executive.
Calmly, she loaded him into her car and drove down
to the downtown
hotel. Pointing to fine structure she informed
him that he owned the
land it was built on and that they paid him $6000
per month rent. She then
handed him a bank book showing deposits and interest
for 12 years totaling
nearly $1 million dollars. Pointing across the
parking lot she gestured
toward the local bank while handing him stock
certificates worth nearly $2
million dollars and informing him that he was the
largest stockholder in the
bank. She told him that for 30 years she had charged
him each time they had
sex, and this was the result of her investments.
By now he was distraught and beating his head
against the side of the
car. She asked him why the seemingly
disappointment at such good news
and he replied, "If I had known what you were doing,
I would have given you
ALL of my business!"

Horror Story

OK, it says it's real, I don't know. I kind of doubt it, but I guess it
could be...
This story happened about a month ago in a little town in Mexico, and even
when it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's real.

This guy was on the side of the road hitch hiking on a very dark night and
in the middle of a storm.
The night was rolling and no car went by. The storm was so strong he could
hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly he saw a car coming towards
him and stop.

The guy, without thinking about it, got in the car and closes the door just
to realize there's nobody behind the wheel. The car starts slowly, the guy
looks at the road and sees a curve coming his way Scared, he starts to
pray, begging for his life. He hasn't come out of shock, when just before
he hits the curve, a hand appears through the window and moves the wheel.

The guy, paralyzed in terror, watched how the hand appears every time they
are before a curve.
The guy gathering strength gets out of the car and runs to the nearest
town. Wet and in shock, he goes to a cantina and asks for two shots of
tequila and starts telling everybody about the horrible experience he went
through. A silence enveloped everybody when they realize the guy was crying
and wasn't drunk.

About half an hour later two guys walked in the same cantina and one said
to the other.
"Look Pepe, that's the asshole that got in the car when we were pushing
it."

Whoops! Wrong email address!

A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida to thaw out during one particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier.

Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day.

The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her e-mail address and, without realizing his error, he sent the e-mail.

Meanwhile ..... somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from her husband's funeral. He was a minister of many years who was called home to glory following a sudden heart attack. The widow decided to check her e-mail, expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she fainted.

The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read;

To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've Arrived
Date: 16 May 2002

I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and
you are allowed to send e-mails to your loved ones.
I've just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been
prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then!

Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
P.S. Sure is hot down here

Vacation Time

Have you ever noticed that when you take time off it always seems to go by faster then if you actually worked that week. Well needless to say I have been off since Dec. 27th and tomorrow it comes to an end and I have to resume my normal life. You spend all that time before it just waiting for it to finally arrive and before you know it your already back to work. All you can say is wow where did all that time go and do I have to go back already.

Well at least it was an interesting week, I spent it with my son putting together his new computer. Well actually it was re-installing all of his old drives in a new tower with a new motherboard. But it was actually quite interesting. I might even consider doing this again in a couple months to put together a computer of my own. The idea of building your own computer is actually great way to learn more about the inner workings of your computer and it is just a great experience.

After all that was done I got a chance to finally relax and try to rest up for my return to work which was approaching way too fast. But here it is time to go back to normal routine and all I can do is look back and wonder if there was any way possible to slow down time long enough to really sit back and enjoy the break from work. Well I guess I better stop now before I really get carried away and bore my own self to sleep. In fact I think I am falling asleep right now so good night and until next time when I bore you later.