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It's A Matter of Attitude: -From
Shoppe via Simon Says (Author Unknow)
A 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
make-up perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a
nursing home this week.
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 manuevered her
walker to the elevator, the nurse's aide provided a visual description of
her tiny room, including the eyelit 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 a new puppy.
'Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room ... just wait.'
'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 always 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 of my life.
Old age is like a bank account - you withdraw from what you put in.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatrid.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.
Aaron and Kathy
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