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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed : W; z! Y3 r5 c: }; [! ^
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and 6 m. j: K9 |' k6 [: q* ~- M! M6 ^
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
$ p1 k1 p5 ^+ V4 M6 Onursing home today. ( N3 _! E" O5 R/ {3 z
; \; S& V& p6 z6 ?' ~His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. ( h5 D J+ g2 g, D- U% p
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, * h2 X- q2 i, y
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. / T' D: B/ V0 M8 q7 F% c( b; t
& [3 g3 V- g5 r2 i% P$ ~$ AAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
# H9 f0 u: {3 a+ Q; _description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been / w& p. j/ Z- Z; f
hung on his window. 4 E7 W/ I5 q( h) q, v6 W+ q: L! @
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
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% F1 S1 N3 k1 B! u3 p0 [' a' z"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. # J# @ ]' F+ v4 M% }. q
: K# c; f, f/ b6 X# o0 J) G' w+ U"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my ! v# y( V0 U: `0 Q
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
9 b5 D( G& J/ J' z0 h" Y) v& JI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it." 3 z4 G6 r# X0 v5 R H# x
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It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. ; E. ]* w# p. f) P. z8 S
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I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I
0 e1 S: l8 [& P0 Vhave with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed - U0 D, m# p2 R, _% |+ ]2 X9 ~
and be thankful for the ones that do. 0 i- f h, R4 v. t1 F
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Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new ( |' t9 S+ \6 Y. z' L- D
day and all the happy memories I've stored away. $ a4 r) x& B( g6 e' ?) u% L& |6 p
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Just for this time in my life. 6 a% K; N% q. Y% p3 Y5 Y/ ~! T
8 n. B4 Z" [: P* q/ EOld age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. ; f8 k% x e* l7 F9 p& E/ [, c
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So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
' W; c7 e6 |+ Y6 ?3 l. [account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. & d+ ?; B& C' O# Y; e' L
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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, y9 w% z) v' z: m+ d1 M 1. Free your heart from hatred. 7 D6 X$ `' f+ ?& z5 n ^5 V) M( t
2. Free your mind from worries. & ?; k( F+ o9 R/ g+ X
3. Live simply. : {7 t# o% |& A& P0 ~
4. Give more.
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发表于 2006-11-13 17:50
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