Something to think about....

[WWhite]

I got this in an email today and thought it was worth passing on. There was more at the bottom of the email but I thought it took away from the point.



A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably combed and shaved perfectly, 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.

[MiKim]

Love that attitude.....I try to live my life that way. DH does not. That is a sore point between us. I feel that we all have choices on what to worry about, how much to worry and how to deal with what life throws us. I choose to be optimistic and upbeat.

Edited to add.....this does not pertain to the people that are having a particularlly bad time with a certain bad thing in their life or people that dealing with the disease of depression. These are different things altogether.


Great analogy!!

[WWhite]

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