A Positive Attitude is Everything

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 12/1/04 at 12:59pm

Positive Attitude

The 90-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coiffed 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. 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.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from anger.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live without judgment or envy.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less

[camerangel]

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:10pm

aww I love it

[broadway_star_tomorrow]

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:16pm

aww....i love that

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:54pm

I definitely needed to hear that today!!!! Thanks.