Brief anecdote

[Guest guest]

Some of you may alreay have seen this but I thought it was worth

passing it on. I'm sorry I don't know the source I would cite it.

Subject: Fw: Happiness

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. , 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.

No one can go back and make a brand

new start. Anyone can start from now

making a new start and make a brand new ending.