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Happiness...
The 92-year-old, petite, well poised and proud lady, who is fully
dressed
each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and
makeup
perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing
home
today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move
necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the
nursing
home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered
her
walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny
room,
including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. "I love
it,"
she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been
presented with a new puppy. "Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room
....just
wait." "That doesn't have anything to do with it," she replied.
"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my
room
or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how I
arrange
my mind. I already decided to love it ... "It's a decision I make every
morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed
recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no
longer
work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day
is a
gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new day and all the
happy
memories I've stored away ... just for this time in my life. Old age is
like
a bank account ... you withdraw from what you've put in .. So, my advice
to
you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of
memories.
Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still
depositing.
Remember some simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.
No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now
and
make a brand new ending. God didn't promise days without pain, laughter
without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the
day,
comfort for the tears, and light for the way. Little girl | Keepers | Happiness | Daddy's Pink Rose | Hwy 109 | The Flag | The world is mine | A blessing | My wish for you | How to plant a garden | How to install love | There is
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