Story Beyond the Windows

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 th! e 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 asked 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.”


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Moral of the Story
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Keep hope alive for others even you a feel hopeless.

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Quote of the Day
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For every dark night, there is a brighter day - Tupac Shakur

The Story of Songbird

Ever notice Songbird in the wild. This is a story about them.

Have you ever observed the behaviour of birds in the face of adversity?

For days and days they make their nests, sometimes gathering materials brought from far away

And when they have completed the nest and are ready to

lay eggs, the weather, or the work of humans, or some

animal, destroys it, and it falls to the ground, all that they

have done with so much effort

Do they stop ?

Bewildered, and leave the work ?

No way. They start over building the nest again and again

until they have eggs in the nest again.

Sometimes,and very often before the chicks are are hatched, an animal, a child, or a storm destroys the nest once again, but this time with its valuable contents.

It hurts to go back to begin again… Even so, the birds do not ever stop, they continue to sing and build, and keep singing and building…..

Do you sometimes get the feeling that your life, your work, your family is not what you had dreamed. Do you sometimes want to say “enough”, the effort is not worthwhile. It is all too much for me!

Are you tired of it all? Do you feel that the daily struggle is a waste of time, your trust has been betrayed, your goals not reached just as you were about to get them?

Life strikes you down sometimes, but do you go on, say a

prayer, put your faith in hope, not darkness? Do not worry

if you get injured in the battle, that is to be expected. Gather

yourself together and rebuild your life,

so that it runs well again.

No matter what happens… Do not shrink back, but move forward. Life is a constant challenge, but it is worthwhile

to mostly accept it. And never stop singing.

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Moral of the Story

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PERSEVERANCE

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins- not through strength but by perseverance." H. Jackson Brown

Size of your problems

We often thought we having a serious problem in hand. We are stuck in that situation that it take miracle to take out of our problems.

That is same case as what Seetha's thought. She try to commit suicide and bring along her four children. Read more

But we human a so small in this Earth. There are over 6 billion of us, human on this planet Earth which has a surface of total 510,072,00 km² where 29.2% are land (148,940,000 km²). Its has a volume of 1.0832x10¹² km³ and mass of 5.9736 × 10²⁴ kg.

But Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system is 1321.3 times the size Earth. And our Sun is 984 times larger than Jupiter or 1.3 millions times larger than our planet Earth.

Yet our Sun is just a small dot in our galaxy - the Milky Way. Milky way is a small galaxy in the universe.

Now, think again. How big is our problem?

Compare it with our universe.

So stop look at life through a small key holes.

Think positively after all life is short. An average human life expectancy is just 66.57 years. It is not long yet it not short. So be happy and enjoy life. What the heck - doing suicide? You will die one day after all.

Bad Day at Work?

Have a bad day at work. Perhaps this will cheer you up or at least it will cheer you up.

If you don‘t like your job,
just be glad that …

You are not an Electrician in China ...

... or a plumber

in Hungary ...

... or a delivery service employee in Asia ...

… or a deodorant tester
in Germany …

...or a Zoo keeper
in America …

… or a Horse Whisperer
in England …

… or a Ditch Digger
in Poland …

… or what is really
a shitty job …

… a mobile toilet !

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Moral of the Story

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Be thankful with what ever job you are having - unless above is one of you job

A New Beginning

This is the first time I am doing this blogging thing. Being 38years old to start is not easy. I want to start earlier but never find the time to do so.

The Title of this blog is chosen to be "A Simple Malaysian In Dilemma". I try to voice my view and my thought in my life about my country, neighborhood, family, works and surroundings. It are purely my thoughts. They has no intention to hurt or harm anyone. I beg for forgiveness for being bluntly straightforwards.

In every blog entry I try to include some jokes, interesting photos, stories and other to create some leisure and motivation.

Note: Delima is Malay word (it sound like dilemma as the title of my blog) for fruit Pomegranate

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Faith the dog

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This a dog is Faith, born with disability in 2002. But her owner (Jude Stringfellow) save her from being euthanized

Faith is taught to walk upward on her own with incentive of peanut butter.

Visit Faith Official Site

Moral:

Eat Delima but always keep Faith