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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed % H$ O6 q0 W2 w+ ?: V
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and 3 i& Z* i8 a6 D0 k5 e5 s- E
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a 0 s3 b3 X- q3 a# p8 `( L8 A
nursing home today.
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His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
& Y8 D" W- K( } m+ iAfter many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
5 Y0 I% E2 z3 R4 Ehe smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. " K7 Z+ |, O M- ]
6 I" @8 t1 l) Q& d( [/ o3 eAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual . C3 K+ y& C3 ~. A2 A- O/ `- `+ K
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
" W3 f b Z% `$ K, Mhung on his window. |& V3 O6 H" G, I* I
: W- F4 w. s( G9 f9 L"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having $ [; H/ \! u* q$ G4 n/ S l x' x
just been presented with a new puppy.
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' U% ]* `- Y9 E8 \"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait." 5 o7 x+ ]' a& P+ M; Y4 \
' K7 J0 A ]# ~4 u8 W4 M"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied. 0 B. q- ~, v, _7 j/ P, j# ^7 Q
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"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my ) w9 f3 a* H! T: p4 m1 @3 K! `
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
8 i j6 ^3 |, b$ e6 j6 {, }$ PI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."
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. W h! g7 }" T1 t$ R5 Z4 YIt's a decision I make every morning when I wake up.
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1 q. |) m9 f5 B" ^) u- D+ R4 zI have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I . T( l4 T: f4 M+ _0 I) C: F
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed 0 t1 P1 H7 w V, E: y1 `
and be thankful for the ones that do.
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Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new " X# Y3 o6 s& ^+ G) e# J
day and all the happy memories I've stored away.
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Just for this time in my life. ( r# w( U6 C% q5 e3 q
; u- T7 ]" M9 C* J, j" @Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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2 R4 d7 \. P, o3 O$ LSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank + d, R6 m) V9 ~! O
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
4 H q& S7 }0 C: B% V$ M% BI am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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1. Free your heart from hatred. & _4 O0 S% Y! R: U9 A, ?* N
2. Free your mind from worries.
A& Z0 [! o$ P. `1 Y 3. Live simply. " y. \6 U) K `4 E: o7 P
4. Give more. 3 l, q) U3 ?5 [( Y$ i- `
5. Expect less. |
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