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. 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. 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.
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are working
for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we
left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into
our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don't you think?
Something we should think about?
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