Share Divine Love

It will take just 37 seconds to read this and it might help to '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 an...

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.. She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?' I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze.. 'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked. She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids...' 'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age. 'I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!' she told me. After class we walked to the student union building...