Each Day Is A Gift

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."

She went on to explain, "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."

And with a smile, she said:
"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."
by Author Unknown

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14 18 comments:

Eucalyptus said...

Renungan yang bagus..... memang menjadi tua adalah hal yang (kalau ada umur) akan menghampiri semua orang. Jangan takut untuk menjadi tua, dinikmati aja. Pasti akan ada yang datang dan ada yang pergi, just let it flow.... so everything is gonna be allright...

Anonymous said...

nice article bro...
everyday is really really a big gift
akuurr....

Lita Uditomo said...

thanks for sharing..;)
mulai deposit dari sekarang..

Mr. Eagle said...

to ayuk...
benar yuk nikmati aja ... enjoy men

to imam...
thanks akur deh....

Mr. Eagle said...

to mbak lita...
deposit uang yaa :D
apa yg bisa kita siapkan siapkanlah sedini mungkin :D biar kelak ngk menyesal :D

pulsa elektrik termurah said...

well it's not easy to keep our mind like that

Paket Tour Wisata Istanbul Turki said...

yap i agree with you..

judi bola online said...

yups harus bersukur atas hari-hari yang telah diberikan oleh Allah swt.

agen judi online said...

thankfull to God that give us life every day, every second..

judi bola online said...

well, i couldn't agree more. thanks for posting :)

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Kontraktor Kolam Renang said...

Live Simply and Give More :) Only two things that will change your life ;)

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