p. 189 | Secret of Happiness

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 28, 1872

Secret of Happiness.

An Italian bishop, who had struggled through many difficulties without repining, and been much opposed without manifesting impatience, being asked by a friend to communicate the secret of his being always happy, replied, “It consists in a single thing, and that is, making a right use of my eyes.” His friend, in surprise, begged him to explain his meaning. “Most willingly,” replied the bishop. “In whatsoever state I am, I first look up to Heaven, and remember that my great business is to get there; I look down to earth and call to mind how small a space I shall soon fill in it; I then look abroad in the world, and see what multitudes are in all respects less happy than myself, and then I learn where all my cares must end, and how little reason I ever had to murmur, or to be otherwise than thankful. And to live in this spirit is to be always happy.”