Boomerang

Want to be happy?  Make someone else happy!  Happiness is a boomerang – you send it out to someone and it returns. Think of all those times when it just seemed like a lot of effort to make someone else happy.  But afterward, you were happier yourself!  We all know that making others happy makes us…

Ripples

Husband and I stood dumbfounded in the vestibule of a little country church a few days ago.  We were staring drop-jawed at a friendly man about our age.  Having just met him, Husband had engaged him in conversation. “Where did you grow up?” asked Husband. “Cottage Grove,” the man answered. “Oh, ok. I grew up…