Hi Steve, thanks for sharing this beautiful message. Original message: > Each Day Is A Gift > The 92 year old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully > dressed each morning by eight o'clock, 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 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." > She went on to explain, "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." > And with a smile, she said: > "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." > _____ > Empowering Words > Use Empowering Words When You Talk to Yourself (whether you are > speaking out loud or silently) > How do you talk to yourself? > Do you use the words can't, won't, don't need to, why try? > Many people do. > Do you find that what you say to yourself turns out to be true? > Why is this? > You see your brain is like a computer that you feed each day. It > doesn't know always know what's real or not unless you tell it. > Example: If someone you love has hurt you, you may tell yourself that > all people who love you will probably hurt you too. > Your brain just files this information for reference, it's data, little > zeroes and ones and no column that asks "true or not true?" Now your > brain thinks, based on what you told it, that everyone you'll ever love > will hurt you. > How do you think you will respond the next time you get hurt? > Right! > Now, what if we instead told our brain: "Okay this person ripped my > heart out... > but that's only one person. I'm lovable and have many loving people in > my life who are not out to hurt me. I know that the right people are > coming into my life all the time. If someone hurts me, I will forgive > them and bless them on their way." > Words can be empowering. > I can > I love to > I want to > I will > I must > I am > We can reach a new level of living, if we feed ourselves empowering > words and practice saying them until they become a habit. > I know first hand that it takes time. And I also know that it's worth > it. Try it for a week. > Catch yourself saying, I can't, when you don't really mean it and > instead try, I can, and see how you think and feel about yourself. > Remember, the words you use to empower yourself will have a lasting > effect, only if you practice them and they become a habit, an acquired > behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary. > They say it takes at least 28 days to develop a habit. After a week, > you will see that it becomes easier. It's a mindset and you can control > your thoughts. Be proactive and not reactive - give yourself some good words. > Dream big and empower yourself! Believe you can and you will.
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