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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed , y* r) L, E* l8 O
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and 3 g+ W y( A5 [( n
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. . N- C" ]8 F2 Q. ]
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, 3 i: J0 u7 N0 Q5 n( A" Q. \7 ^
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. * q* R( ~" v: U
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As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual : u. J. N/ A4 d. J; T5 {6 R1 p1 i
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
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5 D5 E4 t* Q) R. e"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
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4 k6 n0 g' Q* |9 U+ m"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait." I: x0 h* d! S, Y1 A7 [. Y
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"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied. ; T- K9 l3 l% K, ?
# n6 a- |5 m4 x, E1 l- _; a"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my : Y5 z- S# E7 V- X
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how : G# i3 b. D! C; T
I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."
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! E) U# t G' S, U: TIt's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. 2 J; p+ O9 J% Z i7 N7 i) I
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I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I
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& ~$ Q5 A6 B9 U1 }, K7 wEach day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new # {$ P6 Z! k3 d
day and all the happy memories I've stored away. ; p$ o- I2 c+ ^2 R1 d
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Just for this time in my life. 7 P6 [) \% _& F, k/ i9 v
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Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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/ _& M+ v' w8 I% lSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank 6 y) ~/ v2 d/ E$ S
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. 8 L0 ^" h p* \) R) q) {, x
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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4 S- _+ L! k+ m' e& \ 1. Free your heart from hatred. / U7 n; A1 H- E: @" N- Y
2. Free your mind from worries.
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4. Give more.
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