Happiness is a Choice
My main goal in putting up this site is especially to share with everyone inspirational quotes, anecdotes and stories I have collected. Before, I used to send daily quotes to my friends through yahoo messenger, hoping to share some thoughts to ponder and inspire their day. To continue with this purpose, I wish to share with you a story I got from Beliefnet.com, the largest spiritual website. If you want some articles and stories about faith, inspirations, and much more, I highly recommend you this site and register for subscription.
Happiness Is a Choice
Furnish your mind with happy memories.
The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised, and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coiffed 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 curtains 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 it what you’ve put in.”
So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories.
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.
I hope you liked this story, as much as I did. HAVE A HAPPY LIFE and PASS IT ON!
“Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” ~~ Og Mandino
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just like my favorite quote, “you win or lose by the way you choose!” fr pastor eva fajardo
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