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BillyJ.
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just a little story that I liked and wnted to share-
She is 92 years old, petite, well poised, and proud.
She is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed, and her makeup perfectly applied, in spite of the fact she is legally blind. Today she has moved to a nursing home.Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making this move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, where I am employed, 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
curtains 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," I said. Then she spoke these words that I will never forget: "That does not have anything to do with it," she gently replied.
"Happiness is something YOU DECIDE on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not, does not depend on how the furniture is arranged. It is how I arrange my mind.
I have already decided to love it. It is 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 I can get out of bed and be hankful for the ones that dowork.
Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I will focus on the new day and all of the happy memories I have stored away...justfor this time in my life.
LIFE is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you have already put in.
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ave
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Thank you, BillyJ.
Do we have to be 92 to be this wise?
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Charlie
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Re: Attitude
« Reply #2 on: Apr 29th, 2003, 5:43am » |
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Good one Billy. I know a woman in her 90s who is very much like this. They know something I don't.
Would that we all have this kind of look on life for even awhile.
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Re: Attitude
« Reply #3 on: Apr 29th, 2003, 8:24am » |
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Thanks BillyJ, great story.
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Re: Attitude
« Reply #4 on: Apr 29th, 2003, 8:50am » |
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Just goes to show you that attitude is EVERYTHING!
Thanks for the reminder BillyJ
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