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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 0 q* a# h3 ]; L
nursing home today. 0 \/ I3 a( r8 a$ T5 B4 C
$ }4 e( m" {6 g! `* X/ i CHis wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. : ]% ]+ \/ X/ Y/ a
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, / F8 U0 u' J7 p- a/ R( [8 T3 {
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. 5 ]! j6 v& a" R' O$ D) C9 J
% ^9 B. O7 G; bAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual 9 m z& o; V" @' q7 F$ j0 E
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
2 \+ N& ]' O: i6 U1 V7 B8 a0 o7 Phung on his window.
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having $ u6 ?) }7 F/ @2 E
just been presented with a new puppy. 6 X2 ]) p Z+ e+ k( o
$ w! e1 n- T: M( ?8 M"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. # d- C0 b0 Q* f/ @3 s* f
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"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my 5 y7 k, p! d* E8 Z6 k0 `
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
8 P/ P# d$ {( Y4 b: f6 l/ S% M3 J" E5 tI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."
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' s+ S& l: p; F( kIt's a decision I make every morning when I wake up.
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+ j- R' E$ E3 DI have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I
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and be thankful for the ones that do.
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) V6 G8 f9 u" ~% z/ KEach day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new z8 P7 q5 e j/ B5 R) c
day and all the happy memories I've stored away. + A8 j1 b( e% `8 f
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Just for this time in my life.
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7 P! a! F& k3 Q" v; F* v& pOld age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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, ?. V, H8 E+ U2 z2 G& a7 I4 K/ `So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank 4 O4 V/ K2 ~6 |- S5 o
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. * i9 W8 F$ p: L% y7 q
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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1. Free your heart from hatred.
: M# r: }2 n. G 2. Free your mind from worries.
4 o+ R& t% x- E" f 3. Live simply.
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' ]! K8 s) u1 @( w' @/ I; h 5. Expect less. |
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