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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
8 D6 K* `! L+ y3 J0 j7 heach morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and ' A! J& X+ {; d- k+ d( K
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
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c; b5 U- y* D6 z7 A4 Y! {His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
4 D8 Q) q- J$ I2 o% \ PAfter many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
! W! Z* N8 s2 y/ S/ k: G7 E) C7 o% dhe smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. 9 m( r7 C v( S4 u% }
3 M' T; w9 Z4 FAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual ! s* @9 {9 r. o- |
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
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. c* m- I% d( Z+ J( R- @5 ~- z"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait." 9 A% `. _! x: F: Z+ ^: n# ?! x
7 I' Q/ d/ P8 U$ d2 i"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied. e! t, L: S' `: E$ x( h) k
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"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my ! u1 `" `% @" v- w0 `7 J! t# v$ ~
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how + h/ g' d* z5 d8 g, J
I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."
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It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. / ^( m* S9 ?* o0 t4 R& q& H
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I 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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$ _& M# l+ q' X# W$ R+ k- d( r/ _8 nEach day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new ) P z' H& D5 I" v) Y
day and all the happy memories I've stored away. 1 b3 h) ?- y+ A3 r) _
, h4 }3 y; y- o8 NJust for this time in my life. 9 N# o! q( K1 W! Y) f( B, ^' A
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Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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6 U$ R, n9 S$ t, ]: h7 h5 H7 _) pSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
! u6 }$ `6 K4 v ]+ V) i A$ N5 oaccount of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
& C' X9 O" j2 a5 J7 Z9 r( f& Z5 aI am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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6 {5 ]3 c3 T G: r2 F 1. Free your heart from hatred.
# i U* K% V. H) v2 a: n; S 2. Free your mind from worries.
- n a9 B6 h" O8 P, C; y 3. Live simply.
" _; Y: o2 ]" H/ G0 K- {7 l( k 4. Give more.
/ x( @ d6 ]1 J4 ^2 u0 q 5. Expect less. |
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