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Be glad you can choose
Friday, July 30, 2010
Norman vincent peale said, "when you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart attitude and go out with this positive principle, you can do incredible things ".Let me read you a short story from a book i borrowed from my cousin recently.
There was this lady who was 92 years old. She was petite, well-poised and diginified. She was fully dressed each morning by eight 0'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and her makeup perfectly applied, in spite of the fact that she was legally blind. She has just moved to a nursing home. Her husband of 70 years had recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when her room was made ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, the nurse provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet curtains that had been hung on her window. "
" I love it,"stated the old lady with all the enthusiasm of an eight year old having just been presented a new puppy. "Mrs Jones, You haven't seen the room...... just wait, "the nurse said. The old lady spoke words that the nurse will never forget: "That does not have anything to do with it. Happiness is something you decide ahead of time.
Whether i like the 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. Its is a decision i make every morning when i wake up.
I have a choice.
I can spend the day 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. Each day is a gift and as long as my eyes open, i will focus on the new day and all the happy memories i have stored away.... just for this time of my life.
Charles Swindoll, a popular and successful christian author once said, " I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how i react to it. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
There wasn't any fancy vocabulary in this whole passage nor any shocking relevation, just a simple story to tell us how we have the ability to change things. Small or big doesnt matter, really, at least you tried or gave your all.
I know the topic of appreciating all things you have in life is soooo overkill because such stories easily pull heart strings, making you feel that you have read something worthwhile.
Still, i believe some things like love cannot never be preached enough. All religion breeds and educate about love and maybe that is the only exception regarding the rule of overkill?
But now im kinda obsessed with this MTV. Its just so visually stunning to me! someone like justin bieber who cant dance looks like he got the moves of usher. Talk about camera tricks. Anyway i love the art direction. The new asian pop culture e.g. korean, china twist added to it makes it fresh. Mass appeal bieber?
Don't get so worked up~ Its just me