So True

A 92-year-old, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and shaved perfectly applied, 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."

"Yes, 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!"

I don't know the origin of this story..it was sent to me as an email, but I find much truth in what is said..when it comes right down to it, I guess, happiness really is a state of mind.

Happy Birthday..

..to me!

Yep, today is my first birthday in the world of blog!

I will admit that I have not been the the most faithful blogger, so it is no surprise that no one remembered. Heck, I just now remembered it, myself!

Anyway, the year has had a lot of ups and downs..a lot of good things on here, and a lot of disappointments, too.

I admire anyone who can post, faithfully, day after day, no matter how they may be feeling. I thought that would be the way I would be, but that didn't happen.

Many days, though, I did post, but deleted them before anyone had a chance to read them, and I have many in draft, that I never posted. Why, you may be asking? Well, mainly, because I am my own worst critic. Another reason is because I thought that it could possibly offend someone that I didn't want to offend, for whatever reason.

I guess I could go on and on, making excuses, but I won't. I won't even promise that I will try to do better, because I don't know whether, or not, I will.

There's one thing that I know for sure, though, and that is the fact that I have made some wonderful friends on here this past year. I think I even made at least one enemy, but I certainly didn't mean to do that, and it hurts me to think that I did.

Now..keep coming back, if you will. You may not always find anything new, but then you just might find something interesting every once-in-awhile!

You know you're always welcome!

Words Of Wisdom

While researching something, I came across this really neat site, which I enjoyed. It features words of wisdom of several women from many years back.

Just click on the picture of each of the women featured, to see what they have had to say.

I have a quote of my own, which I have posted before, but I thought I might as well add my two cents worth here, too.

A word is such a powerful thing,
Can lift a heart, or break it.

Be very careful what you say,
Once said, you can't retake it.

~Jan