Happiness Is an Attitude
The 92-year-old confident and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably combed and makeup perfectly applied, moved to a【小题1】(nurse) home today.
Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, 【小题2】 (make) the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she 【小题3】 (smile) sweetly when told her room was ready. As she got into the elevator 【小题4】 her wheelchair, I provided a description of her tiny room.
“I love it,” she started with the enthusiasm of 【小题5】 eight-year-old child having just been presented with a new dog.
“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room….just wait.”
“That has 【小题6】 to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. 【小题7】 I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged…it’s 【小题8】 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 【小题9】 (recount) the difficulty I have with the parts of my body 【小题10】 no longer work or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones working. 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.”
