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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed 1 H% a4 n* I. S7 s9 A
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
+ J4 L* ?6 l: V, }- p+ U( T( Qshaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
# z7 X7 J9 q- O5 n) f1 j: m* qnursing home today. : X8 w1 q0 @, v& \3 A) O8 i
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His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. , l( o8 F' r2 U9 j! H
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
9 Z- _, g; g! E4 o# `7 Ohe smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. - y( ] B" m0 [; O. A: ~. E
1 a1 [7 ^* p7 y( u9 d# m- lAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual 9 t' N) J9 g2 S0 ]/ w
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been ( B) E. B# S5 A# S
hung on his window.
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$ I( D- v/ g0 Z U. k; _: H' F"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having ; h; `3 M- Q g
just been presented with a new puppy.
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"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. 7 g' Y/ J" q3 v# ]" y( h- J' b
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"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my
+ t4 c/ r5 D: [$ u% Proom or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
* S2 Z% ?% R- @! u8 ?" h! T) \I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."
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3 n' @9 I0 h" j3 B P* O8 QIt'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 / |8 ~( R: ^0 c
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
# I5 }+ n) E5 g1 G. {2 m4 `; Hday and all the happy memories I've stored away.
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Just for this time in my life. - p) F" [# _) E- K
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Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. $ Y9 n* H7 C1 v
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So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank ' ?% `, B+ ]; v
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
- e4 F# x7 I. x" \I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy: $ J( z" n( i) u! X" E
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1. Free your heart from hatred. - l. l' p+ g; M( r: _
2. Free your mind from worries. 3 e/ Q- ~7 R$ X' I) e
3. Live simply. ' R' b+ x9 ^" T# `0 U
4. Give more. " s; q& L8 L; w* ~
5. Expect less. |
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