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This 102 year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and face shaved perfectly, 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. 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."

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.

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Ich werde mir das jetzt ausdrucken und an die Tür hängen. Es sind wirklich simple Regeln - aber sie machen das Leben um so vieles einfacher...

Hört sich ein wenig nach amerikanischer Simplifizierungsstrategie an.

Wobei es sicher nichts schaden kann, den Geist offen zu halten.

Nur, wer für alles offen ist, ist irgendwo nicht ganz dicht.

Wenn Du wenig erwartest, dann bekommst Du auch wenig.

Ich versuche immer in der Katastrophe das Positive zu sehen, also auf unseren Sport übertragen:

Beim Schwimmen im letzten Drittel = übersichtliche Wechselzone


Alles wird gut

Aber wenn Du zuviel erwartest, wirst Du leicht enttäuscht...



OK - Christiansen ist mir ja klar, aber dass Du auf diese Frau auch stehst...

ICH kann den Spruch jedenfalls nicht mehr hören. Erst wieder, wenn wirklich mal alles gut läuft.

Ne, ne, der Spruch ist weder von Christiansen oder Ruge, der ist von mir.
Den habe ich nachweislich schon 1984 anläßlich einer Klausur "Reaktionstechnik" verwendet. Zu der Zeit hat die Christiansen noch das gemacht, was sie am besten kann; auf der Route FRA-HAM Tomatensaft ausgeschenkt.