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
nursing home today.
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His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
& O8 s& H7 U8 T- q" bAfter many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
6 e2 m7 d9 Q$ z( khe smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.

, x: W+ {- ~2 F9 n/ |+ DAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
) q( @3 m9 A1 Jhung on his window.
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
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$ y5 Q8 z  @0 G) L0 L5 S! t& I- R" H"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait."

"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.

4 ^: o; k! [6 o" |- I"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
I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."

It'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
- c' o5 H1 @" Y% gday and all the happy memories I've stored away.

Just for this time in my life.

Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.

$ o( ^$ w; }  Z, J& dSo, 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.
- {, e$ |5 j+ k; |) _9 c5 [I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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3 L/ ]% u- i3 M1 t' z2 t    1. Free your heart from hatred.
  E" k$ e: h0 K7 `) r. I    2. Free your mind from worries.
    3. Live simply.
7 p( [2 J7 @0 I, K( j# P: B    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
- _! w* R" U. q& @% ]account of memories!  no hatred; no worries;  Live simply; Give more; Expect less!!
1 Y* ^1 S3 l3 n. F/ o& n4 ~- E+ tI'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
( d4 ]' z; x2 j6 C0 m4 oeach morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally  ...
    1. Free your heart from hatred.
  U' j( C( U  H9 \6 a  G, Q: ?    2. Free your mind from worries.
# h* S- n! |! U( T7 p! Z- F    3. Live simply.
    4. Give more.
    5. Expect less.

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这是人生真谛。精辟！