Make The Best of It!!

 A 92-year-old, 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."

"Yes 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.

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Psalm 145:7 They shall abundantly utter
 the memory of thy great goodness,
and shall sing of thy righteousness.
Proverbs 10:28 The hope of the righteous
shall be gladness: but the expectation
of the wicked shall perish.
Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with
one accord in the temple, and
breaking bread from house to house,
did eat their meat with
gladness and singleness of heart,

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