>
> > A 92 year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully
dressed
> > each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
shaved
> > perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a
nursing
> > home today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the
move
> > necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of
the
> > nursing home, he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.
> >
> > As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a
> > visual description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets
that had
> > been hung on his window.
> >
> >
> > "I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old
> > having just been presented with a new puppy.
> >
> > "Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait."
> >
> > "That doesn't have anything to do with it," he 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.

Good words to live by. Wish everyone did that.