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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed # g: m+ ^8 q3 s+ C! q
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and 3 T+ I9 p0 z2 b9 f) R
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a 6 N ]: O! L0 | [8 O; ?
nursing home today. 1 @% e9 J+ R& j! Q
" n2 Q( @1 a* w( qHis wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
( {+ Y/ `: a5 z% A; ?/ }8 h EAfter many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
) Y0 ]; h' o; u8 ]he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. % @" j3 d) r& l# g0 |( j5 s* y. Q7 ~
( u' S! q3 t/ K1 uAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual 8 v! \8 m. |" L
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been 2 o3 ^' d7 s/ g1 S, m
hung on his window.
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7 A2 u# R4 f' l( Y0 J/ d4 k"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
& j p# N% v: ijust been presented with a new puppy.
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& ^, r5 X& D. v. v' L9 U& _6 P1 \"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. 9 ~, o6 g2 I5 n1 ~$ O
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"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my
& v7 m; S; y( z$ o2 Wroom or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how , H: e, `" Z& J$ w+ k+ g
I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."
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6 R* U" J1 N2 T( q6 rIt'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 ) ]* R' N; S4 B9 G" a
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed
& p0 r( f1 {3 f5 {and be thankful for the ones that do. % m0 Z% ]1 w. s; [
1 `' G! ?+ k- e! K. Q: dEach day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new
# V) ` Y# ~% e% Sday and all the happy memories I've stored away. 2 p% W) `) Y! W& h5 T) n5 B
1 n3 I2 Q" m Y4 OJust for this time in my life. - O' }" J% ^( ~& j: T5 W9 c
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Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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: ^1 m" q2 } s: kSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank # \7 R! w7 j1 A5 a
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
% S- C4 }" y" X6 ]& v! VI am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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' o7 z" ^: H) e7 ?3 `/ w7 Q 1. Free your heart from hatred.
4 [% e, _9 c& x4 |# l; C0 f9 C 2. Free your mind from worries.
1 r# b; K2 ~3 a- }; _6 L 3. Live simply. ( j# A- k( ^0 n
4. Give more.
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