Clyde and Dee Kilough
Make Me Happy!
Most people really do want to be happy. Our definition of what it means to be happy, however, is one important variable in that goal.
We sometimes think that if we had a million dollars we would be happy—but others who have the million have proven that the money alone does not make people happy. Sometimes we think if we had a more understanding mate we would be happy, or if we lived in a different part of the world—and so on and so forth.
We in America live in one of the most blessed nations on earth. People from other lands seek entry by desperate means—just to be here. We have freedom, plenty, peace and opportunities of all sorts. But the truth is, nothing will “make us happy”—that is something we choose to be by learning to be thankful and appreciative of our blessings (Psalm 100).
Johnson Oatman Jr. once wrote in a hymn, “Count your blessings, name them one by one; count your blessings, see what God hath done!” Happiness is a choice—and it’s up to you.
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