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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
1 L- Z$ Z9 U/ A) W- N# u, A" N' Heach morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
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His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
6 x6 K9 z* b1 @: BAfter many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, " O6 p/ |6 u( Q7 Y- L, A) Q# \9 A# L
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. : e* D: M2 j+ d M
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As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual * H9 H0 S% Q: _
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been $ D6 f' a1 S: Y: p0 M/ J
hung on his window. . o% c+ p8 I, s9 \5 q
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
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"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait." ; y. @; O, ?, y- a7 W
j B; U* z) Z' [; E"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied. 9 r t( D& ?% i& w, y! Z
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"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my 0 U7 \3 A+ W* D) C
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how : s2 `' s; j- w# N
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. ( A, {* d5 J8 d6 J+ k) R
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I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I ( i; l6 Q* a! |/ h" x% Z; b( \+ P
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed % G$ C7 P1 K( y
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
; Y2 M. z* W6 N8 d7 nday and all the happy memories I've stored away. m# }* G5 |# g% a
; s" ~9 u8 k r0 _" H7 e6 ZJust for this time in my life. ( \ o# y* l: O, D+ J' |
9 k0 [% o+ i7 ?Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. 7 M. T$ u! j0 }3 w1 ~
+ i. y# x- \3 i7 s' I4 m; v9 YSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
- a. E; V$ R3 ^8 E# ?5 Naccount of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
4 C0 \) |! }4 r$ ?I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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: N9 e/ G$ n/ V" x5 a3 j' p2 i 1. Free your heart from hatred.
9 V$ t: x8 ]/ i/ g/ w; H8 V! L 2. Free your mind from worries.
" }0 @) l# j) Q7 @$ l0 B& S, q5 Y5 Z K) k 3. Live simply. , t' `: M$ d2 k) G* @5 b
4. Give more. 4 p. \$ o; H/ m" U, Y; s3 K( k0 q7 B
5. Expect less. |
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