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    Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

    BANK ACCOUNT!!!

    This is AWESOME ... something we should all remember.

    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.

    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.

    #2
    Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

    That is great! I love it!

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      #3
      Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

      Ditto.
      Feb 04 2009 80 days AF.
      AF May 23 09 to July 09
      AF December 16, 09 FORWARD.

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        #4
        Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

        noted,this goes in to my positive book


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          #5
          Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

          Ahhhh, so simple yet so real.... thanks for posting
          "The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it"

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            #6
            Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

            Beautifully put . . .

            Hi GTFG . . . truer words were never spoken. Beautifully said . . . for life really is about ones attitude.

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              #7
              Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

              I really am going to take this on board. It makes such sense.
              Thanks for posting GT
              Living now and not just existing since 9th July 2008
              Nicotine Free since 6th February 2009

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                #8
                Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

                I love this!
                Sometimes what you're most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free.

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                  #9
                  Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

                  So simple, so true!
                  "It wasn't all I wanted, but all I could stand!":bigwink: Alcohol free since April 8, 2008

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