A story to remind us...

I wanted to share this little story. There are days that knock us in the teeth and we need a bit of a boost up from our friends. (thank you!)
We can also decide how we are going to meet each day and each challenge.
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A 92-year-old, small, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, shaved and with his hair fashionably coiffed even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home. His wife of 70 years had 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, the nurse 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.”
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Take care...of you, of each other.
Chris