What do you decide to put in your bank account?

寒月

A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
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shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
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His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
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+ b9 U, p/ Q4 t$ Y$ aAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
hung on his window.

"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
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"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait."
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6 ~3 i# }& ^; e" F7 D" n6 s$ ?"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.

' d: e; ]* `' `6 W8 x3 i( p7 e"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."

2 I" K  f" v% Z' Z! _) yIt'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
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7 D: I  d. w" B: uEach day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new
6 V' t7 r1 r1 f5 C3 `" zday and all the happy memories I've stored away.

+ U6 |3 J: P* h, _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.
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6 c4 Y8 C+ a. lSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
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I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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    1. Free your heart from hatred.
    2. Free your mind from worries.
    3. Live simply.
    4. Give more.
    5. Expect less.

多伦多来客

恩。看样子年轻时候要多玩多享受。不然老了没什么好取的了。

芳子吾吾

so touching! I will just follow the five simple rules to be happy!

cool008

     I would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
account of memories!  no hatred; no worries;  Live simply; Give more; Expect less!!
I'm very happy each day!

Lazycat

That's the reason why he's still alive at 92-years-old.

北极熊

原帖由 寒月 于 2006-11-13 16:50 发表
A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
+ V( m0 D1 Z% m) D# C; ueach morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
, ^# }- s! k' |$ h9 u4 {3 A" I3 dshaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally  ...
    1. Free your heart from hatred.
    2. Free your mind from worries.
5 x# y8 [0 F6 g, i    3. Live simply.
    4. Give more.
    5. Expect less.

这是人生真谛。精辟！