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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed + @, D5 O7 ~( A' s0 R7 [* @0 e
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and ; V* e! S/ A4 k$ P+ O
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
+ T5 b* h3 D8 t6 `; D* \nursing home today.
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7 S. D; A( F6 A" Q$ HHis wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
3 R2 P5 o8 c& w/ y9 pAfter many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, ) |6 N( I( p9 Q" B
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. . ~9 T" L% g0 k* L9 l2 b, H% t& p
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As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual + b$ U; c% u7 h; i1 p+ o- _( j
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been 4 X" A0 s4 e; ~9 h0 s. O' O! q( |8 f
hung on his window.
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1 R T9 J4 S0 b6 q+ m) y8 Q) k"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
- C/ _7 v# O K. ]7 cjust been presented with a new puppy.
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- k# u! \8 ?, p% o: ^"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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5 H. e+ A! C3 I) h7 g"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my
& H! c) d5 p% i+ y+ L7 N: Croom or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
1 P4 m5 H4 I- f' G3 o; \% dI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it." & ~- R. L$ n6 _% e6 E, v. o
' x; H1 i( m' DIt's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. * f' a% Z/ J1 Y# O1 C: K) A
# q, p9 K4 D4 \I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I 1 A) Y) ]; L. V6 ?
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed
: r6 d7 K' H& A. ^ T) X2 Iand be thankful for the ones that do. 3 [! p# g# M, D0 M- e* h. E& p
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Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new F$ O5 b$ x! }. T. U+ p0 e
day and all the happy memories I've stored away. - R1 s+ ~9 |. G2 D6 I
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Just for this time in my life.
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Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. 4 V) i! M. _8 Q( m2 z. d
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So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank : O. e# e( G6 X W. F8 }# h# p
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. 2 b$ o, `, H3 A/ [7 ]
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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1. Free your heart from hatred. % D: V" W! S0 M" V6 L) M
2. Free your mind from worries.
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4. Give more.
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