This one one of my all time favorites. With all the recent events happening lately i feel that some of us have lost sight of things that are truly important to us. Everytime i read this story it gets me thinking and always puts me back on the right track. Long but worth the read, enjoy! =)


She is 92 years old, petite, well poised and proud. She is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coifed, and her makeup perfectly applied, in spite of the fact that she is legally blind. Today she is moving to a nursing home. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making this move necessary.

After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, where I am employed, she smiled sweetly when I told her that her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet curtains that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight year old that had just been presented with a new puppy. “Mrs. Jones you haven’t seen the room…just wait” I said. Then she spoke these words that I will never forget:

“That does not have anything to do with it,” she gently replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not, does not depend on how the furniture is arranged. It is how I arrange my mind. I have already decided to love it. It is 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 I can get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do work. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I will focus on the new day and all of the happy memories I have stored away…just for the this time of my life. Old age is like a bank account; you withdraw from what you have already put in.

I believe that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
I believe that no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
I believe that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean that they don’t love you with all they have.
I believe that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
I believe that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
I believe that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I believe that you can keep going long after you think you can’t.
I believe that we are responsible for what we do no matter how we feel.
I believe that you either control your attitude or it controls you.
I believe that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done. Regardless of the consequences.
I believe that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I believe that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and still have the best time.
I believe that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down will be the ones to help you get back up.
I believe that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.
I believe that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from then and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated. I believe that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
I believe that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world stop for your grief.
I believe that just because two people argue, it doesn’t mean that they don’t love each other and just because they don’t argue, it doesn’t mean they do.
I believe that you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
I believe that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
I believe that people who don’t even know you can change your life in a matter of hours.
I believe that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cried out to you, you will find the strength to help.
I believe that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
I believe that the people who you care about the most in life are taken from you too soon.

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it's the words of my soul

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watch me waste my life away

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this one's for you