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De: Tereza Lúcia Halliday
Data: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:24:00 -0300 (ART)
Para: AMIGOS OCULTOS
Assunto: Happiness is a choice
Amigos:
Compartilhando esta história enviada por meu
ex-professor L.John Martin, da Univ. de
Maryland, atualmente com 85 anos. Ele sabe que
Happiness is a choice.
Um abraço, Tereza.
This 102 year-old, petite, well-poised and proud
man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight
o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
face 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.
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.
Maureen R. Dearstine
Marketing Communications Project Coordinator
Produce Marketing Association
1500 Casho Mill Road, P.O. Box 6036
Newark, De 19714-6036, USA
tel: +1 (302) 738-7100, ext 3051, fax: +1 (302)
731-2409
mdearstine@pma.com; www.pma.com
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Tereza
Lúcia Halliday, Ph.D
Criação,
Análise e Assessoria de
Textos
www.terezahalliday.com
"Palavra quando acesa,
não queima em vão".
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