azespo42
3rd March 2003, 17:01
ATTITUDE
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.
>