Life is Like a Bank Account

--by keepsmiling, posted Nov 26, 2008

This story is about a 92 year old, petite, well-poised and proud lady. She is fully dressed each morning by eight, with her hair fashionable coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind. She is moving 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 yet. 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. 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 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."

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Posted by keepsmiling
Nov 26, 2008
Comments (19)

Readers Comments

Diana wrote:
I welcome

I welcome the sun to
Shine on me brightly.

I welcome warmth.

I welcome the rainstorm.

I welcome life.

I welcome love.

I welcome great success.

I welcome great happiness.

I welcome joy and bliss.

I welcome good time, i insist.

I welcome my feelings to express.

I welcome fun things adventurous.

I welcome good things to discuss.

I welcome more love

And spiritual divine.

I welcome happy times
And feeling fine.

I welcome prosperity.

I welcome more things interesting.

I welcome comfort and safety,
And great beauty to see.

I welcome wealth.

I welcome perfect health.

I welcome kind generations.

I welcome more love and fun.

-diana lynn neiderhiser
Copyright © 2004.

mamabear2 wrote: Thank you for warming my heart!

brunen wrote: What a wonderful story. We can all learn a lot about building up our bank accounts of life.

samolu wrote: Your messages are lively, keep it up.

Noor wrote: Good! Thatis the way we should spend the time we have in our lives, the other way is the time will spend our life

sarahelizabeth wrote: So wise!

NIsha wrote: Possitive way of looking life. Really touchin!

Latesha wrote: Hi, thanks for sharing this with us. Very ture-'count on your blessings, you will for sure have enough to always be happy'. God bless

preethi wrote: What a wonderful way of looking at life.

RABIA wrote: Wonderful story. Reminds me of the saying that there is nothing good or baz but thinkind makes it so, also we should learn to live happy with whatever we have. Life is precious indeed!

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