Side note... while I was searching for ideas while on the web I ran across this story and thought that it was cute and wanted to share it with ya'll...
The following story was taken from a post made in the LDS forums:
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.
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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Hey, I know what you mean about FHE. It can be really hard to do it when there are just two of you (and the little guy for you two). We've recently been trying to step it up a bit (ok, mostly me, but James goes along with it). Our first FHE consisted of us reviewing our stake goals (one of which is to have weekly FHE) and making plans to live them better. And then we ate chocolate cake. This week, we had FHE again and you read what we did on the blog. I think the ensign makes for some pretty good ideas. Reading a talk from the ensign and then eating a treat sounds like a good FHE to me. I don't know, but if you come up with any good ideas, please share them!
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