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
" X8 j1 F% J4 [9 z* I8 [# ^  neach morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
nursing home today.
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4 E8 ^: r& i' e8 b3 Y, `. IHis wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
- i4 \0 Y: R; h! j7 D4 f' IAfter 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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0 X9 ]0 [. r+ r$ F: Y6 lAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
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2 b6 }  `- A5 X& r2 s: y1 y"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
' T  O0 r) t" H; G7 i7 V: Hjust been presented with a new puppy.
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5 h+ K+ j( C  a"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait."

"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
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
' B0 b3 z) D- Y# lI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."

" M" M' {' T9 i5 q& BIt's a decision I make every morning when I wake up.
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+ i: K# v* w" N& ?+ gI 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.

Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new
( f9 ]. _3 \  E" cday and all the happy memories I've stored away.
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Just for this time in my life.

1 I: u$ w& g: Y# @/ o1 h6 w0 vOld age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.

% N& m+ }6 E: f* p1 s; C+ uSo, 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:

- Z1 I. ]( Q1 n8 E    1. Free your heart from hatred.
( C. H  g4 E' D  }    2. Free your mind from worries.
    3. Live simply.
, ~1 U2 n, R- H; B9 m% `    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
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally  ...
( |6 A. V; b0 o* {) x# A0 C% [    1. Free your heart from hatred.
    2. Free your mind from worries.
    3. Live simply.
# H2 T6 M0 N( S, a    4. Give more.
% H* l) b, D4 c$ N6 K% B    5. Expect less.

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3 j* y$ h0 U  J! B这是人生真谛。精辟！