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Topic: ATTITUDE!!
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lioneye68
Knowflake Posts: 6062
From: Canada
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted September 16, 2003 01:42 PM
 
Decide on Happiness Everyday!!!!
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. IP: Logged |
Cat
Knowflake Posts: 3308
From: England
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted September 16, 2003 01:58 PM
Thank you Lioneye
I loved that 
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trillian
Knowflake Posts: 4050
From: The Boundless
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted September 16, 2003 02:58 PM
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NikiSpeedy
Knowflake Posts: 345
From: NC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted September 16, 2003 11:22 PM
I needed to read that just now -- thanks.IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5301
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted September 16, 2003 11:49 PM
BIG SMILE!!!! That was uplifting, thanx for sharingIP: Logged |
CancerianMoon
Knowflake Posts: 1082
From: Sydney, Australia. Cancer Sun.....Gemini Moon.....Aqua Rising
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted September 17, 2003 12:31 AM
FANTASTIC!!!!!!..i like that one..
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juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 6830
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted September 17, 2003 08:23 AM
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juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 6830
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted April 27, 2004 10:55 AM
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If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot IP: Logged |
Rainbow~
Knowflake Posts: 5927
From: The Little River Indian Reservation
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted April 27, 2004 12:47 PM
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tahariel
Knowflake Posts: 165
From: south wales
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted April 27, 2004 08:57 PM
Isn't that perception though ? We get what we perceive ? If we focus on love, it's all around us ?
Sorry, in a chapter on perception and I'm loving it !!!IP: Logged |
Distantdrummer
Knowflake Posts: 112
From: Covina,California,U.S.A
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted April 27, 2004 10:01 PM
ROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAR! THE CROWD GOES ABSOLUTELY WILD WITH JUBILATION AS THE QUEEN RECEIVES HER GOLD AND DIAMOND STUDDED CROWN FOR HER UN-MATCHED EXCELLENCY!IP: Logged |
lioneye68
Knowflake Posts: 6062
From: Canada
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted April 28, 2004 01:44 AM
*Bows graciously* Ahh, quit fussin.IP: Logged |
lioneye68
Knowflake Posts: 6062
From: Canada
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted November 07, 2004 04:01 AM
That guy was kind of a dick, huh?  IP: Logged |
aqua
Knowflake Posts: 2805
From: dreamland
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted November 07, 2004 05:16 AM
too good lioneye!!'make your mind free from worries' that's impossible for me! IP: Logged |
ghanima81
Moderator Posts: 1577
From: MAINE! :)
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted November 07, 2004 01:14 PM
Lioneye,Quote: ''That guy was kind of a dick, huh?''
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!! Sorry, that was just too funny...
Wonderful story, by the way. Really great for me to read today... always seems that the best things come to me when I need them.  Love and light,
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26taurus
Knowflake Posts: 13411
From: *
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted November 07, 2004 05:49 PM
I loved that story! Thank you lioneye. IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5301
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted November 08, 2004 02:02 AM
I concur. He was a dick.
and I still like that story.
( I did try to find a common denominator with him after that initial nastiness.. I tried.. but 'denom-inator' turned more into 'demon-ator'. As in him.. as in.. aggressive domineering a$$wipe.IP: Logged |
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