Deposit in your bank account
Author Unknown
A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is
fully dressed each
morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed
and shaved
perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved
to a nursing home
today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making
the move
necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the
lobby of the nursing home,
he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.
As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a
visual
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets
that had been
hung on his window. "I love it," he stated with the
enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented
with a new puppy. Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room;
just wait." That doesn't have anything to do with it," he
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: