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ATTITUDE
Author Unknown
June 30, 2010

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.

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.

No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from
now and make a brand new ending.

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun
without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the
tears, and light for the way.

Disappointments are like road bumps, they slow you down a bit but you
enjoy the smooth road afterwards.

Don't stay on the bumps too long. Move on!

When you feel down because you didn't get what you want, just sit
tight and be happy, because God has thought of something better to
give you.

When something happens to you, good or bad, consider what it means.
There's a purpose to life's events, to teach you how to laugh more or
not to cry too hard.

You can't make someone love you, all you can do is be someone who can
be loved, the rest is up to the person to realize your worth.

It's better to lose your pride to the one you love, than to lose the
one you love because of pride.

We spend too much time looking for the right person to love or finding
fault with those we already love, when instead we should be perfecting
the love we give.

Never abandon an old friend. You will never find one who can take his
place. Friendship is like wine, it gets better as it grows older.

May today there be peace within you. May you trust God that you are
exactly where you are meant to be. "I believe that friends are quiet
angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering
how to fly."

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