From David's Inbox: Attitude
by From David's Inbox: "Attitude"
Note: No, I'm NOT talking from personal experience... I know I'm not old...
The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady,
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.
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
does 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 and make a brand new ending.
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I think this is like the 7th time i have seen this email....
once again to much to read, but i like to comment!
yeah seriously i dunno about some of these forwards dave... although sometimes you have not expect so much from your friends.
Oh well, that's why I put "From David's Inbox"
mega-ditto! on that one.
as i was waiting for the page to load i was like, 'don't be a long journal, please! don't be a long journal!' oh well.
Still on dial-up, huh?
no...i was d/l some stuff which kills my bandwidth
Good.. I figured you wouldn't be on dial-up...
oh, so now you're a profiler?