Sunday, September 11, 2005

Five Simple Rules to be Happy

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 Iam 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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