Whether it was our lesson last night for FHE on happiness or the beautiful sun shiny day today I don't know, but I do know that we were all very hap-hap-happy today and it felt wonderful! Can't you tell from our happy faces:
This month for Book Club we read the The Hiding Place--what a sad and depressing but wonderful and inspiring book! It was good for me to read this story about the war and concentration camp. I feel so much more gratitude for all that I have and blessed for my life as it is. This book had many good quotes in it but one of my favorites was:
"Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings, it's something we make inside ourselves." (The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom)
So why does it seem that we'll be happy when...or we'll be happy if...or whether or not it's sunny? I'm not quite sure! But today here are just a few things that brought me happiness:
- Story time at the library
- Watching Ty play with a friend at the park
- Making cookies with Ty (even when he dropped an egg on the floor! We both laughed about it!)
- Visiting Nate at work and taking him cookies
- Feeding the fish at the fish hatchery
- Getting wet and slobbery smooches from my baby--Caleb that is!
- Hearing my three children giggle and laugh together as I did the dishes
- Wishing my brother a happy birthday
1 comment:
Loved those happy, smiley faces. You have such a great family, that happiness should come easy at your house.
This is the best time of life for you. Enjoy each day. I am always impressed with the time you spend playing with your children.
You are making lots of fun memories for everyone, and these help in the hard times.
I too found the book depressing, but stopped to count my blessings and developed a heart of gratitude.
Glad you are in a book club. It is nice to hear and understand others opinions.
Have another happy, super, day or a super-happy day.
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