FOODFORTHOUGHT

ATTITUDE

Author Unknown

October9, 2012

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.
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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."