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THE POEM When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Tampa, Florida, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. One nurse took her copy to Missouri. The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas edition of the News Magazine of the St. Louis Association for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem. And this little old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this "anonymous" poem winging across the Internet. CRABBY OLD MAN What do you see nurses? .What do you see? What are you thinking......when you're looking at me? A crabby old man, .....not very wise, Uncertain of habit ........with faraway eyes? Who dribbles his food........

Keep life in perspective If you are having trouble keeping things in perspective, just look at these comparisons. Now, THIS is really fascinating - it's rather dazzling to see it presented this way. If you are having trouble keeping things in perspective, just look at these comparisons. Now, THIS is really fascinating - it's rather dazzling to see it presented this way. I certainly thought this was enlightening, beyond our sun ... It's a big universe. Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky. It is more than 1000 light years away. Now how big are you? And how big are the things that upset you day to day? Or for that matter, the things that are important?

I) Face and accept the reality of getting old, its consequences and the limitations which growing old brings. Act and behave your age. Quit fooling yourself by trying to look like you were in your youth. II) Focus on enjoying people, not on indulging in or accumulating material things. III) Plan to spend whatever you have saved. You deserve to enjoy it and the few healthy years you have left. Travel if you can afford it. Don't leave anything for your children or loved ones to quarrel about. By leaving anything, you may even cause more trouble when you are gone. IV) Live in the here and now, not in the yesterdays and tomorrows. It is only today that you can handle. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may not even happen. V) Enjoy your grandchildren (if you are blessed with any) but don't be their full time baby sitter. You have no moral obligation to take care of them. Don't have any guilt about refusing to baby sit anyone's kids, including your own grandkids. Your parental...