The “Happiness is Within You” story is a fable about a man who travels to a far-off land in search of happiness. He meets a wise old man who tells him that happiness is not found in distant places, but rather within oneself.
The wise man tells the traveler to seek out a certain tree in a nearby forest, which is said to hold the secret to true happiness.
The traveler searches for the tree, but when he finds it, he is disappointed to see that it looks like any other tree.
The wise man appears again and tells the traveler to cut the tree down and open it up. Inside, the traveler finds nothing but plain, unremarkable wood. Confused and frustrated, he asks the wise man what this means.
The wise man tells him that the true secret to happiness is not in external objects or circumstances, but rather in our own perception and attitude.
Happiness is not found in material things or in achieving external goals, but rather in cultivating an inner sense of peace, contentment, and gratitude.
The story is often used as a metaphor for the idea that true happiness comes from within, and that external factors can only provide temporary pleasure or satisfaction.
The lesson of the story is to focus on cultivating inner peace and contentment, rather than seeking happiness in external objects or circumstances. Love and Blessings
Last week, the City of Fate started replacing the drain pipe that goes under our street. About 5 years ago, they replaced the part that was from the street in the right-of-way between our house and the neighbors house.
Part of the old worn out drain had started caving in and it became dangerous. Now they are waiting for the cement people next Monday and hopefully it will get completed next week. In the meantime, Livvy got to play on the piece of drain pipe they didn't use and she even got her little shovel and helped fill in some dirt they left.
Yesterday we worked outside for almost 4 hours in the morning. I trimmed the trees in the backyard and now we can walk under them without ducking. Rbt was using a hedge trimmer on the yaupons in the front. When he sat to drink water, I did some of the yaupon. Then when he started again, I trimmed on a tree or 2 in the front. Then we still had to pick up and clean up all the branches. But everything turned out good.
I would much rather work outside in our yard than in the house or go to a gym for exercise and my daily steps. We have always had lots of trees in our yards and love trimming them. We were dripping wet when we finished!
Last week, my grandson and his family got tickets to a tour at Wallbuilders. Will was homeschooled until his sophomore year and his books came from here. He got his love of history from Wallbuilders and they had so much fun on the tour.
As you can see there were so many different things they got to see on the tour. Will has owned the Founders' Bible for many years, but his Dad bought his own copy of it in leather. I highly recommend if you have kids or grandkids checking out the education section at the top of the link below. Here is the link to the Bible.
Andra 
