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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed 9 f3 }1 g4 V! L; `
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and 9 n5 q M8 A: p
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
/ I! ?8 Q* I Jnursing home today.
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9 _1 {4 U, _5 s0 z5 f o4 bHis wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. & }6 x# V3 O' J$ f- k' ~. V
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, % Y M! u6 r2 E+ z% m0 H; U
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. : w0 U2 `+ J( u1 L8 H
5 v# i% ]3 D) iAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
: T5 v8 [/ n3 g# a7 udescription of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
. a# I% p1 q) m) N/ m3 z) Y, F, mhung on his window. # X8 G& W* Y0 V4 U7 u
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having 6 }5 T! k% n+ z5 P- K8 h
just been presented with a new puppy. 7 {4 D7 K4 E4 E( ^8 L
4 ^5 V9 y8 Q J5 @+ J! M- u( ~0 ?"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait." % S1 @7 g! o7 i6 ?1 F" p
l# f/ T+ ], i3 o"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.
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"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my 6 b0 W9 U7 U, n! z3 ?
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
/ b4 z' J" y% U* L3 lI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it." 3 ^: Z+ v' U r3 @) I
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It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. 2 M! X% Y/ g% c5 x% L1 Y" M/ i/ d/ D
4 Z1 U* |6 {5 yI have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I
* ^4 g$ L! s3 p2 C) r+ T7 L2 W& jhave with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed , P c5 \6 B3 ?( v
and be thankful for the ones that do.
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) b! r$ E9 u2 q. OEach day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new ' `6 ~; e2 I% ~. M
day and all the happy memories I've stored away.
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Just for this time in my life. - e. \( N6 J- ]9 z) k
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Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank 0 [8 u4 C4 e# y8 C6 J _
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
( a1 B7 k7 c7 q7 _: _5 UI am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy: ) g2 u+ t$ ?+ H/ Q% L
1 w: g( |- H: O, K/ G% F8 b 1. Free your heart from hatred. / Q/ ]* J; V: h
2. Free your mind from worries.
* w* O* Q; F2 b' C7 _! | Y5 [/ l/ h 3. Live simply. - V% a! I5 B: M! D( |
4. Give more.
( L" `" ?1 k5 u. q5 ~3 B 5. Expect less. |
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