Hi Angie, That is one of the plagiarized copies. It lacks specific details, and let me assure you I was it's original author. Check it out:
http://talkbloodcancer.com/content/window-martin-gartenberg By the way, I love your analogy at the end of your post. 18's, Marty On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:03 PM, ANGELYN ESDERS <[email protected]> wrote: > Your story sure has made the rounds....I have read it many many times. > They say the author is unknown. > > http://academictips.org/blogs/moral-tale-hospital-window/ > > What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to > what lies within us.... > Angie > *From:* Martin Gartenberg <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:02:05 AM > *Subject:* Re: [CMLHope] are there creative authors in this group? > > Hi Rein, > > Nice to meet you here. I am a survivor and am in the process of writing a > book about my life and the things I was able to do to help others. I once > wrote a true story about having hope that I entitled "The Window". I would > like you to read it. > > Any time that I end a message I say two numbers 18 both of them together > symbolize life > > 18's to you Rein, > > Marty > > * The Window * > * * > This is a true story that took place more than twenty > years ago. > > There were two men in the cancer ward of Mount Sinai Hospital in New > York City. They were in Ward KCC-6 North, which was at that time the cancer > ward at that hospital. Both of these men were suffering from the end stages > of Leukemia. They were there basically to die. One of these men had his bed > right next to the only window in the room. The other one was across the > room and had no access to the window. The man by the window would always > tell the other man how beautiful it was looking out of that window, and let > him know what was happening outside. He would talk about the beautiful > skies, and how all of the little children were playing in Central Park. He > would tell about the green grass, and the people who were having a picnic, > and the dogs that were running around, as well as the ice cream truck with > the man selling ice cream pops to the little children, and the hot dog > vender also selling hot dogs with mustard and sour kraut. He would tell the > other man that he would be able to see all of this for himself once he was > healed. This went on for about two weeks, and one morning the nurse came > into the room as she usually did, and presented these two men with their > sponge baths. She first went over to the man who was by the window to find > that he had passed away in his sleep. She then covered him up and left the > room for a couple of minutes. When she returned, there was a doctor with > her. This was a fairly new young doctor who would pronounce the man dead, > and at that particular time, 8:40 a.m. even though he had obviously passed > away some time during the night .The other man across the room with tears > running down his cheeks became quite depressed at seeing his roommate > wheeled out of the room, declared dead. He thought about how this man would > always try to make him happy with him describing all of the nice things he > was able to see outside .Later on that day the nurse returned and made up > the bed in the room that was now unoccupied. The man in the other bed asked > if by any chance he would be able to be put by the window. The nurse was a > very kind and compassionate woman besides being a very competent nurse, and > she wheeled him over .Although this man was unable to prop himself up to > see the outside because he had recently had his Spleen surgically removed, > he tried but finding it was just impossible. The next day came, and he > again tried and although he was in a great deal of pain he managed to very > slowly prop himself up and peer out of that most appealing window. He was > absolutely shocked at what he was able to see, or to put it another way, > what he was unable to see. There was nothing there but a brick wall! He > wondered why that man would always tell him about what a beautiful world it > was out there when in fact there was nothing but that brick wall. At about > that time the nurse came in with his sponge bath. He immediately without > any reservation asked her why the man would always tell him about what was > happening outside when in fact he wasn't able to see anything. The nurse > then told him that he was correct. The man who had been by that window was > in fact not able to see anything because he was blind. > > The man then realized that the other man was trying to make him feel > good, and try to become well once again. And, as it turned out that other > man did in fact return to health but not until he was able to receive a > Bone Marrow Transplant. There was a donor found, his sister, and although > he had to live in a plastic bubble for many months without having a window > in it he would also be able to see all of those wonderful things that this > world has to offer. In effect the man who passed away prepared the other > man so that he would be able to tolerate something that no one could ever > imagine happening to anyone. I know all about this story because I was that > other man, and without this blind man’s help I would have never been able > to really “see” what the other man saw, even though he was totally blind. I > gladly wrote this story to be able to make others understand that there is > hope even though you cannot see any hope. There is something to be learned > by all of this, and that is to never give up hope. Most of us are blind to > this fact, and we can only see what we want to see. Sometimes it takes > someone that can really see what is out there even though he is blind. Or > was he? > Authors’ note: > I wrote this story on May 21, 1990, which I consider my second birth date, > because that was exactly one year after my Bone Marrow Transplant. My > actual birth date was on May 21, 1944. > > It is my wish that whoever reads this will take comfort in the fact that > there is a beautiful world out there, and they must have hope in order to > really be able to “see” it. > > *Martin Gartenberg* > > > > > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:30 AM, rien jonkers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here is the link to the magazine: > http://www.leukemie.nfk.nl/publicaties/leukonieuws Unfortunately, all is > in Dutch.... Ciao, Rien > > *From:* "Tauler, Helene [HDS - CTI]" <[email protected]> > *To:* "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:03 PM > *Subject:* FW: [CMLHope] are there creative authors in this group? > > Do you have a link to your magazine that you could send??? > > Helene Tauler > Supervisor, East Purchasing > Creative Touch Interiors > Capitol Heights, MD > office 301-808-8440 > cisco 511-8440 > cell 240-876-9784 > fax - 866-544-5749 > [email protected] > *One Team, Driving Customer Success and Value Creation* > *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:* > This message is for intended addressee(s) only and may contain > confidential, proprietary or privileged information, exempt from > disclosure, and subject to terms at: http://www.hdsupply.com/email/. > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *rien jonkers > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:56 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [CMLHope] are there creative authors in this group? > > Hello fellow patients! > > I am consulting this group since 8 years and all the information has been > of great help for me; thanks a lot! > Now I write you in my function as volunteer-editor of our Dutch magazine > for leucemia-patients (called LeukoNieuws). We are publishing a series > where we pay attention to patients who find distraction in creative arts. > We already had painters and sculptors and also musicians. But now we would > like to give the floor to the creative writers (novel/storywriters or > poems). In Holland, it is difficult to find fellow patients who write. That > is to say there are quite a lot who write about their own illness, but that > is not the type of writing we are looking for. I know that this group is > visited by people form over the world, so there is a chance that I could > find a creative writer here somewhere in the world. Because I will have to > translate, I would prefer to have suggestions in English, French, Italian, > German or Dutch. 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