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What do you decide to put in your bank account?

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鲜花(29) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2006-11-13 17:50 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed / c: _5 I4 j' y+ q, a+ X3 R
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
* O4 `, K* f( O  vshaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
8 j) b6 i! b. X' m% a% Dnursing home today.
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His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
7 j6 w' F  n, ^. y) U" TAfter many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, 8 g7 z8 A% K3 G5 z
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. 6 ?* u" T2 I+ z5 }! i

$ Y5 c" _5 c4 B6 Q' ?, lAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual - U! z7 ^5 p9 g# \1 S) t8 G7 V7 p
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
1 h, R& K0 h- D4 bhung on his window.
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having ; J; W( H1 Z! b0 {# J, @
just been presented with a new puppy.
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"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait." 4 H3 s( G' \* L3 _2 O, C
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"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.
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1 R/ ]9 t6 R  o& s"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my " P7 k+ U, h, R0 ^* ?) w4 t7 K" \
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how % ]+ W/ U* P' B3 T+ C* n
I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."
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4 P9 s# s$ j( j- s& E* E2 w& iIt's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. & A9 \8 a: ^! A
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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. 9 C0 Q$ K" m' @$ ]0 Y! Y

6 B& S0 d, ^) r/ b% yEach day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new
* A/ L# {) x! Y( l, dday and all the happy memories I've stored away. & q* }" r; q% b' ~/ Y
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Just for this time in my life.
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Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. 5 X  ^, ~  w2 l# b9 B6 _! h! ]

( |& y6 y5 I$ uSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
! x3 O" y% z6 B% Maccount of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. / A/ Z6 h( V+ `" P# ^
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy: 6 x9 q  _. t7 m; L7 l, `& w

' l+ j6 f. ]! N# `# `    1. Free your heart from hatred. 6 z) a) w* X: c4 F% i! U
    2. Free your mind from worries. / ^* y: @5 o* q
    3. Live simply.
: D. @- {7 L, T1 r6 A    4. Give more.   Y$ ]6 t0 E& C% p+ e2 f
    5. Expect less.
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2006-11-13 19:03 | 显示全部楼层
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。
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2006-11-13 19:23 | 显示全部楼层
so touching! I will just follow the five simple rules to be happy!
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发表于 2006-11-13 21:14 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
     I would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank , P9 B* |) B: d
account of memories!  no hatred; no worries;  Live simply; Give more; Expect less!!7 e$ o- s9 h5 f$ {& N; Q8 |2 w
I'm very happy each day!
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鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2006-11-13 21:32 | 显示全部楼层
That's the reason why he's still alive at 92-years-old.
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发表于 2006-11-16 17:51 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 寒月 于 2006-11-13 16:50 发表
% Y: [" u/ f4 H/ F# G) _A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
6 D7 N* O/ R; w" peach morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and 6 A- I! ~% c" l' U
shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally  ...
- b+ G' E! G) k8 s    1. Free your heart from hatred. # H/ H5 u5 e% I, r3 k
    2. Free your mind from worries. ; g, g  O. @; s: S) u% a# G. }. b
    3. Live simply.
1 X- k1 O/ K8 x. `* N    4. Give more.
/ q% N. }( r: Y! n: D' m' b2 @    5. Expect less.

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这是人生真谛。精辟!
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