Each Day is a Gift

Each Day is a Gift
The Story
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, The carer 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.
She went on to explain, "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."

My Message:
This is such an awesome story, its interesting how these stories are best told by old people, makes you realise that when you get older memories become more precious and opportunities become less available. Live your life now! Don't wait for a good time to do something worthwhile, do it today, express it in the best possible way you can and be completely enthusiastic about it. You would be surprised how many amazing things you can achieve if you just shift your mind in knowing you can conquer every challenge in front of you, nothing will get handed to you that you cant handle, that's why its called a challenge! The last thing you want to do is wake up old and frail one day and say 'I wish I could of done this and that'. Life is now, live it in the best way you can! This might sound cliche to some, but we need to be reminded over and over again, life as we know it isn't forever, so get cracking and make it happen today!

May you have an incredible week and conquer all the challenges set out in front of you with ease and efficiency.
Darren Zwiers

The Quote:
"Today, many will break through the barriers of the past by looking at the blessings of the present. Why not you?" Steve Maraboli