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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
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$ Z- \3 @$ s& ^# E/ P3 Y. [# Ashaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a ' U8 m; T& J/ S
nursing home today. 9 G- _- `6 j. d4 K
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His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. 6 H2 C. v, Y- z5 v8 u- w
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, + C8 t/ M8 L$ B4 @' _
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. ! D0 U# `5 x: @$ A0 S( x4 T
9 s3 i3 Y& T7 Y z FAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
, m4 t. I& O& I M+ ^# R: u) kdescription of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
# @6 p: W! T* V( x! {/ N* t* N8 Shung 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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& Y5 j5 r# c$ ~6 w"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait."
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: _ @! t& B7 G1 E( w"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied. 3 Y0 ~0 [! Z3 t5 q) J" O) M4 _$ [; T
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"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my " Y, @. C+ }+ v* `* Y
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
/ d8 L" s: [; R E/ c7 u% Z$ JI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it." 1 u+ {# E+ b! _6 e5 ^
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It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. + {5 \9 R) w3 B6 Q/ {
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I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I m* @. m) J0 J# N
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed
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: Y: n/ E+ N$ XEach day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new
4 v$ `: A/ k8 ^3 w, D5 U; E' e0 fday and all the happy memories I've stored away. & h& \& X# k: ?
, V- O( Y5 ^8 ]4 t0 q$ sJust for this time in my life. # {# I, A. g2 J! i2 `6 h+ O. h
* ]% @* i: ^. g1 `) ] sOld age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. 3 Y0 }/ |$ q( B% d
, m: y4 f1 A/ s8 `' JSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
. w: u( A/ ~, P6 X! k6 Q R, baccount of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. & _% t9 P& m- s. Z' ^/ T2 X- m
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy: & T7 p. m/ d- t8 w$ I' O
. X0 v7 H5 g9 Q3 ~/ l 1. Free your heart from hatred.
# M2 ]5 }) D& s0 X* t1 f( R$ H 2. Free your mind from worries.
3 y% Y1 i$ k" \0 z1 I5 [6 n 3. Live simply.
( ^. k! A% u+ [, S7 V& m4 J4 L( E 4. Give more.
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