Five Simple rules........

The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed
> each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup
> perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing
home
> today.
>
> Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
>
> After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
> she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.
>
> As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
> description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
> hung on her window.
>
> "I love it," she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having
> just been presented with a new puppy.
>
> "Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room ....just wait."
>
> "That doesn't have anything to do with it," she replied. "Happiness is
> something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not
doesn't
> depend on how the furniture is arranged... it's how I arrange my mind. I
> already decided to love it ... "It's a decision I make every morning when
I
> wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the
> difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get
out
> of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as
> long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new day and all
> the happy memories I've stored away ... just for this time in my life.
>
> Old age is like a bank account ... you withdraw from what you've put in...
>
> So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
> account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my Memory Bank. I
> am still depositing.
>
> Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
>
> 1. Free your heart from hatred.
> 2. Free your mind from worries.
> 3. Live simply.
> 4. Give more.
> 5. Expect less.
>
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