There's a story about an optimistic and cheerful lady who was, nonetheless, a shut in, bedridden in an attic apartment on the fifth floor of a run-down building. There was no elevator in the building and here she was, lying alone in a shabby room of this run-down apartment building. One of her friends came to see her one day and brought with her another friend. The second friend was of a wealthy family. They wanted to cheer up this bedridden lady, but as you are aw…