Simple Rules of Happiness

Happiness




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