How We View Life

It is just a matter of how we view life as to whether it is worth
living. Here is a tale to prove my point. R TwoBears
- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The 82-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 60 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.