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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
" K5 A/ J7 F% h8 ceach morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
, P% U/ v( y) Eshaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
( G$ ~/ K! X9 E$ A6 jnursing home today. % ~8 M, U: J9 {# E; h$ a
6 I7 {" T: z, C2 u% }( ]8 p" b8 `His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. 0 b+ T, ~$ c2 g6 F1 N" ?5 v ]
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
- j! L4 x, P" u! ~. dhe smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.
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As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
0 t) {) D# {" s j jdescription of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
( {. g- P3 V h. Khung on his window.
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
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* B- F; o: s7 O3 Y- W; r"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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"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my
4 T3 `1 F/ ]# e0 [1 h3 Sroom or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
3 `; n8 V8 R- w' q" u% [ z( zI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."
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It'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 5 ~- z5 h+ @- R+ _/ `
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 n" R% Q( r# v* k1 q7 lday and all the happy memories I've stored away.
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O; E/ ?! S G/ tJust for this time in my life. * C" w2 N% K. {' z" Y
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Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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, C4 W2 G8 q( JSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank ; w" f) M& J3 v7 g' C
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
6 {/ z& F7 i* N3 Q- y3 KI am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy: d& i. k* l, s1 K+ Z9 y
$ U# A% Z- b3 @; T) i 1. Free your heart from hatred. * f' ^+ ]% b9 c V9 K; D- C
2. Free your mind from worries. ' \6 }/ ^8 V& i5 T4 y* C& S
3. Live simply.
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5. Expect less. |
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