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
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
7 J, z: s& L/ J6 r+ P- N0 w7 U) snursing home today.
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His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
- d7 v8 d0 ^; E8 {1 aAfter many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.
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4 l. }( \/ p0 i! a# v4 l( HAs 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.
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7 q+ x( M* h7 S; A8 P0 v"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
just been presented with a new puppy.

! \. c$ b+ s4 @% o# i; C+ y$ d"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait."
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# X; Q' J" P5 S7 `"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.
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"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my
+ G6 ^- b  N7 ?5 j% Y& T4 droom or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
8 U- U& P6 [. V' ~1 nI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."

) d, w3 G5 @6 h3 D4 MIt'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
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed
and be thankful for the ones that do.
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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.
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" c8 f5 Y) t( f3 KJust for this time in my life.

Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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! ^6 X% p& W2 W0 NSo, 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 the five simple rules to be happy:

    1. Free your heart from hatred.
: V3 t! a( S" p# _7 @    2. Free your mind from worries.
  U7 M# U; |& e' S* |! F; E! e4 m    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
% v2 n: x) I0 ?  L) K6 T7 A9 b$ a$ Maccount 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
2 T2 E! w; u8 X. ^5 }% ^% L( U( f* TA 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
2 I; D* _( }' M, G, H! I/ S$ b4 Ceach morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
8 n' N( s/ i2 S4 mshaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally  ...
    1. Free your heart from hatred.
    2. Free your mind from worries.
    3. Live simply.
2 p" N! F/ _+ S. g: g    4. Give more.
    5. Expect less.

这是人生真谛。精辟！