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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed : Y& ~+ k- E+ Y) f
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and 1 d9 K& k% f: _1 A# l) V! O
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
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9 _; A% ]0 ? ?$ CHis wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. # g6 h6 o1 s% c6 _9 C
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, $ O% G7 K2 d8 m
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. 8 N5 q) _& h: z6 ~7 B
6 x5 ?% j) d" s+ q6 A4 n5 }As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
2 F) J+ G" ]$ ?8 l& ]2 z$ @description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been 5 ]9 Q1 t ~1 v* z3 {6 b; {5 b0 S$ ^
hung on his window. / t/ D6 F1 J9 K) C* Q3 v; P
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having * h9 {8 x: X/ I& Y; Q
just been presented with a new puppy.
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"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait." . a) P' j+ ^' M6 h4 a
) m9 T8 E/ ~1 {5 _, z4 c"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied. / r+ ^+ O/ p9 F0 X
( c3 y+ f1 C+ S( `5 X6 G8 ]"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my
& [! C9 @2 f- v0 x# a; I7 Uroom or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
1 r1 a1 }) x4 {' a2 bI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."
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2 R& u+ O% C$ r0 FIt's a decision I make every morning when I wake up.
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I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I n4 b# v: L4 S4 O7 G2 O( q
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed % Z% n8 a3 `) w% R& A$ l4 X
and be thankful for the ones that do. 2 i6 k0 C% S4 V0 U, D" M$ i
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Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new
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) j! q% }' M7 z s8 v; o* VJust for this time in my life. }0 j( ~* g0 W6 J, t7 K! _; p
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Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. + w/ R$ ^( m( e* c) v' }* Y
8 |% H2 B. p; Y1 rSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank 9 ^2 T) n* w; X$ X5 g8 ~7 X6 b* ~
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. 3 u1 z2 r: y4 ^- g+ k( X% q- B
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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8 D' D1 x! r8 E 1. Free your heart from hatred.
5 ], i$ N; u. e% d, W# X 2. Free your mind from worries.
5 x& X& R) G' x* h; @2 } 3. Live simply. 2 M. l0 J1 |3 K
4. Give more.
8 o r0 v; I8 p. D 5. Expect less. |
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