So......I been going thru the emails again from the most fantastic man Ive ever known, Anyone who really knows me knows I have kept all the emails my dad ever sent me from 2003 when he discovered emailing as a hobby lol until he went home March 2006. Every once in a while I go thru and share some of his wisdom. Sometimes it stuff he wrote and sometimes something he forwarded that usually still sounded like something he would write. Well, as it gets close to Fathers Day I been at it again. Heres one dated January 6, 2004 (yeah I know this is a long status but if you knew my dad you would take the time to read it cause he was an extremely and incredibly intelligent man both spiritually and book-wise) Subject: Attitude is like angle of approach when flying............. ATTITUDE The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight oclock, 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 the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy. Mrs. Jones, you havent seen the room ...... just wait. That doesnt have anything to do with it, she replied. Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesnt depend on how the furniture is arranged.. its how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it ... Its 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 Ill focus on the new day and all the happy memories Ive stored away .. just for this time in my life. Old age is like a bank account ... you withdraw from what youve 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, dont 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
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 04:32:18 +0000
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