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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
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shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
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- a- ~5 Q2 w; k9 |- a% i6 t$ G" nHis wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
9 p( k6 o5 o6 j# B, x$ K6 PAfter many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
* @' i4 D6 W$ dhe smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. 0 A% F% A. F% P- m! M. ~9 ~
& y. v- u i \; M- V7 p# VAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
. z% |1 ^1 ~+ }0 |description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been . N" m" e; F( V6 m- L' i
hung on his window. * }1 w! L) D' { v D: k/ N
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
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"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait." + m3 W- q9 Q- S! I
" ]4 z) b9 j1 t$ ~"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
/ |8 j! `( Q1 F1 _room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
! O; O. O) r$ OI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it." ) Q* y) V0 e: Y& T* s+ i
. H( ~7 l) _" b7 @It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up.
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/ P8 U( t( g7 E, S6 GI have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I / K; O6 w9 A5 N" m0 k( k7 {4 U
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed
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Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new 0 ]& y2 S- V2 m
day and all the happy memories I've stored away. & W) x ] ^ N4 g4 R
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Just for this time in my life. % O) E' I* Z% U' o
! T0 }$ l) g6 {/ c+ }/ F: Y) JOld age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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$ J5 E7 n M% d [! YSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
$ k L+ u$ t+ f3 K+ ~, X! y0 r1 Daccount of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
* o1 m# |) R& c* G s3 R' T/ bI am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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1. Free your heart from hatred. ' }- t; h9 F% y& r) Y
2. Free your mind from worries.
1 _2 U4 j$ s6 B 3. Live simply. , x3 G. _8 z0 ]/ ~( G) C
4. Give more.
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