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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
: u) X0 M: v3 S5 f2 \0 Feach morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and 6 n) o) B, j2 L; F q8 [# f7 D
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a 7 \; T! H, V: E1 \ [9 y
nursing home today. 3 t" w3 a9 b" q8 `( u
: z- q) W3 S7 z$ F# C2 w+ p. [His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
% n% l0 g, u' B' |- z& gAfter many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
9 ^1 G$ [$ Y* R+ [) @4 ?he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. 9 n |' F+ L6 ]2 h+ d( R
* d% {8 Z* B$ o) WAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual / a5 N) i7 y) U; j! Q) a3 c
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
3 F1 M7 f; l/ t- H3 s7 i+ rhung on his window. ) ~/ f2 G" j [. A7 Z
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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."
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"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.
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/ T, H% C' G2 d"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my ; X, q7 V% [+ U' Y% ^
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
, G8 c9 y8 s. [- w( x- qI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it." 0 H/ Y2 {# {: k1 v
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It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up.
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% v! R; x; _/ S) P$ W' MI have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I / l# `9 K) L! O4 z% S# s0 l
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed - `' y' b; c6 a4 L
and be thankful for the ones that do.
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: I) {: E( g+ N9 Q5 AEach day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new
. A6 k* M7 a+ B- Q* w \7 X# p7 gday and all the happy memories I've stored away. # @" n A) {) h: A
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Just for this time in my life.
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; S" Q q* A# x; AOld age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. 8 I- n( N9 L1 \, @7 P
/ V0 a: \/ D9 ?' ]3 _9 `9 G1 USo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank 1 ~0 v5 b& f4 i
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. $ D2 S0 W; \ H2 R5 p2 @3 w n
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy: & x0 B5 m2 l' \# B: C& J. {% @
3 }2 i2 X/ s/ K G' u" i 1. Free your heart from hatred.
: F' h- W0 P* P. |4 R+ o c 2. Free your mind from worries.
* a; v2 P! u1 B& u 3. Live simply.
. s! q( k7 ? |7 j! m8 y 4. Give more. . b5 E8 x& p. t) ]* h) ]' N. N
5. Expect less. |
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