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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed 3 Q: r* `" G' B
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
+ o- C% J- ~; G; S( |5 }shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a $ q' Y+ C3 ~/ |
nursing home today. ; T/ m3 A" W$ W1 m. c8 m# P
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His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
6 l/ S/ ]+ O! ]After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
* Q* }; Q, f1 h! s1 H. N5 @4 Uhe smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. 7 J) W! L, m# A6 B2 I( R; T. D
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As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual 1 V$ Y6 {9 d) Z |# ~
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been ; {/ e- C7 Z+ ~, A
hung on his window. 9 j/ C6 q; ]) k& Y2 O5 R
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having - }( R: u% F5 g7 J9 m1 V
just been presented with a new puppy.
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3 Y1 l7 ~) B2 [5 D"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait." , v5 I% |- Z2 K _
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"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.
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. \2 c( f! |$ E) J( G' e"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my 9 P. V' d/ H! z, c$ U& _ B
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how
# Y7 P% k6 S& A) Y" GI arrange my mind. I already decided to love it."
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+ z k4 ?0 ^7 W$ a4 l7 U& z R. uIt's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. 2 q3 A$ j& n% w+ X3 j0 q) C
\) B2 w; ]5 V2 V0 S, o* II have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I / y- e7 I5 Z2 K6 w4 S- H- P
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed ; S! }* [. D6 n% n/ L6 s$ J9 l0 D$ e
and be thankful for the ones that do. + n/ `- ^: [& P1 ]) o5 v5 M, h
! B2 L, U# q; ~* o& g! n* z! TEach day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new
5 P) Q2 D$ f' W$ A5 l; F, C, Z; aday and all the happy memories I've stored away. 2 X$ Y; G- _5 g9 H
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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.
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" _( o h7 q' O; VSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
1 x" u- ~$ h- o+ r0 V" Aaccount of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. Y) D, v) ~; a: l! d
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy: 5 C/ V, h2 {+ M, P& J1 z4 {& L
! E5 c$ [: q$ \* W 1. Free your heart from hatred.
. J2 @" I" b4 i7 X# Y u. P5 O 2. Free your mind from worries. ( n7 n* n# g" ]& c* }
3. Live simply. * Q0 _8 U& f$ D1 m
4. Give more.
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