This Monday, I got home from work and it had been a very "Mondayish Monday." I checked my e-mail to find the below message from my Mama. The subject was "My New Mantra" and after reading this simple but brilliant story, it will become my mantra too. Let's share this with as many souls as possible. We all need reminding from Monday to day, that we have a choice when we wake up each day to choose happiness.
A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably combed and shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.His wife of 70 years 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, I 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. 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!"
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.
Have a nice day, unless you already have other plans.
With gratitude for e-mails from Mom
~L~
With gratitude for e-mails from Mom
~L~
2 comments:
I think your moma has hit on something!!! good mantra and good thoughts!! from trickstar
Thats a beautiful post :)
It so happens that people who do injustice against you can never be forgiven, I wish we knew the mantra of immediately removing hatred from our mind..but ofcourse we can give it a shot....we can definately try :)
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