MONDAY MUSE (8 February 2010)
WINDOW
In school, we heard the story of two men sharing a hospital room. The younger
man’s ailment forced him to lie flat on his back all the time. Every morning
and evening, the older man – whose bed was near the room's only window - would
sit up and describe to his roommate all the things he could see outside the
window... a park with a lovely lake, ducks and swans, children sailing their
little boats, lovers sharing intimacy amidst flowers of every colour of the
rainbow…
The young man would eagerly wait for his world to be enlivened by colour of the
outside world. As the elder described in detail, the young man would close his
eyes and imagine the scene. When he heard the description of a parade passing
by, though he could not hear the band, he would see it in his mind’s eye.
However deep down the young man was envious and resentful of the old man’s
position next to the window.
In due course, when the old man died, the youth sought to be shifted to the bed
with the view. The nurse was amused and told him that it would be useless as
the only view he could see was of the ceiling as he was forced to lie flat on
the bed. Nevertheless, he persisted and eventually the nurse shifted him next
to the window. As soon as she left, he painfully propped himself up on one
elbow. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It
faced a blank wall!
The lesson that endures in the above story is the about the choice to envision
a colourful view in an otherwise blank window. So often when faced with a
dead-end, we subscribe to pessimism. It is pertinent to note that we describe
what we subscribe and inversely so as well. Hence to be better at overcoming a
blank situation, we must choose to colour the view with the hues of hope and
positive thinking… and such forward-looking vision is best fortified through
sharing.
Let’s BE BETTER at how a situational void we may describe…
After all, every window holds only the view that we subscribe!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
Goa, India.
---- Pravin K. Sabnis
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