Ok Maybe A Bit Mushy But Nice

[cptwright 1]

ok i just got this in an email, and i thought how nice, i hope to be able to think, and feel like this someday soon. as i strive to do so now.

 

 

 

ATTITUDE

 

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 t he 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.

 

FAMILY Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are

working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left

behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it,

we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise

investment indeed, don't you think? So what is behind the story? Do you know what the

word FAMILY means?

 

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

[Angela 1]

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

This simple Line says everything important that should be said!

 

I am now gonna say that a whole lot more often!

[RikerChick 5]

That's beautiful

[barry 0]

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

This simple Line says everything important that should be said!

 

I agree thats nice i'll have to remember that one

[hangon 3]

I will remember those....

[mj 7]

I 'll show this to my mother. She is 73 and struggling with the difficulties of old age. She will like the way it is put.

[LordOfTheBorg 1]

.................... very good........... not trying to get anyones sympathy or anything, but wat about when you aint got a dad?i got one ya, but he doesnt live with us,he thinks he is second to none, even God, he thinks he IS God, hes a slime bucket, he doesnt love me...etc.etc as i stated earlier, i aint trying to get noones sympathy.

[cptwright 1]

well LOTB, i grew up pretty much without my father. he lives 3000 miles away from me, in california. i used to go to see him every summer till i was about 15 or 16, he and my mother split pretty much after i was born. for the longest time i really wanted to hate him, he treated me so poorly, hes on his fifth wife now, wouldve been sixth, but the one got smart. he was one of the black sheep in my family. most of my family always, and still do in ways feel sorry for me about my father, he is the reason i didnt join any military especially the marines, hes a marine, and i didnt want to be or do anything that he stood for, but as ive gotten older, especially last year ive learned that im a lot like him, not in the horrible ways but in demeaner and manurisms. i at times wish i did join the marines now, but things work out the way their supposed to, i mean now we actually get along pretty good, and hes not the horrible person i thought he was, or once was. i still cant call him my father, but pops he is. someday you and your father may actually be able to have some kind of dysfunctional relationship, thats not so bad. so hold out hope that he wil come around, or at least that someday you may come to understand eachother more than you ever thought. people get lost, and someday hopefully they find themselves.

[Valeris 2]

I know you guys are not trying to get sympathy, but I still think that is awful and could not imagine that. My Dad loves me and always been there and in fact I just sent cptwright's first post to him in an e-mail. :)