Guest guest Posted March 24, 2002 Report Share Posted March 24, 2002 ATTITUDE The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud mother-in-law of my best friend, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coiffed 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. Maurine is the most lovely, gracious, dignified woman that I haveever had the pleasure of meeting. While I have never aspired to attain her depth of wisdom, I do pray that I will learn from her vast experience. 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. , 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 properly, 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. " Author Unknown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2002 Report Share Posted March 24, 2002 Dear Kay Spakes, Your email " ATTITUDE " is simply superb and does provide the intended inspiration! I thank you for caring to send this piece of inspiration to everybody! Regards Sameer __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2002 Report Share Posted March 24, 2002 Great post. We can all learn from this. Thanks for sharing. ----- Original Message ----- From: " Kay Spakes " <kspakes@...> < > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 7:42 AM Subject: [] Attitude/inspiration > > > > > ATTITUDE > > The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud mother-in-law > of my best friend, who is fully dressed each morning by eight > o'clock, with her hair fashionably coiffed 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. > > Maurine is the most lovely, gracious, dignified woman > that I haveever had the pleasure of meeting. While I have > never aspired to attain her depth of wisdom, I do pray that > I will learn from her vast experience. > > 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. , 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 properly, > 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. " > > Author Unknown > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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