Cl ick to st ar t.

A ma n of 92 yea rs, sh ort, ver y wel l-

pre sen ted , who ta ke s gr eat care in hi s
ap pear an ce, is mo vin g in to an old pe opl e’s
home today .

Hi s wi fe of 70 has re cen tly di ed , a nd he is

obli ged to le ave his h ome .

Af te r w ai ti ng seve ral ho ur s in th e
ret ire men t home lobby , he gen tly smi le s as
he is told that his r oom is re ad y.
As h e sl owly wal ks to the ele va to r, usi ng
his ca ne , I descr ib e his smal l room to him,
incl udi ng the sh ee t hu ng at the wi nd ow
wh ich se rv es as a cu rtai n.

- "I li ke it ver y mu ch ", he say s, wit h the

en thus ia sm of an 8 ye ar old boy wh o has just
been giv en a new pu pp y.

-"M . Gagn é, you ha ven ’t ev en se en th e ro om

ye t, han g on a mo me nt, we are al mo st
ther e. "
 " That has n oth ing to do wi th it ", he
rep li es .

" Hap pi ness is somet hin g I ch oose in

ad van ce. Wh et her or not I lik e the room
does not dep en d on th e furn itur e, or the
deco r – rat her it dep en ds on how I
decid e to see it. "

" It is al re ad y deci ded in my min d tha t I

lik e my room. It is a d ecisi on I tak e ev er y
mo rnin g whe n I wa ke up. "
 " I can ch oose . I can spe nd my da y in
bed en umer at ing all th e di fficul tie s that I
hav e wi th the par ts of m y bo dy th at no
longe r wo rk ve ry wel l, or I ca n get up an d
giv e than ks to he ave n for those par ts that
ar e st il l i n wo rki ng ord er . "
 " Ever y d ay is a gif t, an d as long a s I ca n
open my eye s, I wi ll focu s on the new day,
an d al l th e h app y me mo rie s tha t I hav e
bui lt up du ring my l ife. "

" Old age is l ike a ba nk acco unt. You

wit hdraw in lat er life wh at yo u ha ve
depo sit ed alo ng the way . "
So , my ad vi ce to yo u is to dep osi t a ll the
hap pi ness yo u can in your ba nk acco unt of
memo ries .

Than k you for yo ur par t in fill ing my

acco unt wit h hap py memo ries, wh ich I am
st ill co ntin uin g to fil l…
Rem embe r the se simp le gu ide li nes for h app in ess.

1. Fr ee yo ur he ar t from hat e.
2. Fr ee yo ur min d from wo rry.

3. Live simp ly.

4. Giv e mo re.

5. Expe ct less .
 If you wo uld lik e, sen d th is mes sag e on…. it is
the way we touch each other wit h si mp le tr uths
that spr ead s goodne ss in th e worl d. Who
kn ows, a mi racl e may hap pe n as a re su lt ….

Musique-L’Amour rêve (André Gagnon) Sakura 14 octobr e 2006