The Secret of Being Happy The Secret of Being Happy Photo by Francesco Moldavian

Once there was an angry young girl. As she was washing the dishes she heard a sound which annoyed her very much.

She turned and saw a butterfly trapped inside the house. She picked up a magazine to kill it but then she heard………..

a whisper. She bent down and heard, “Don’t hurt me. Don’t hurt me. You need me.” Surprised, the girl opened the window and let the butterfly escape.

The butterfly turned into a beautiful angel and said, “To repay you, I’ll give you one wish.”

The young girl thought and finally answered, “I want to be happy”. The angel bent down and whispered something in her ear, then disappeared.

Many happy years later, now old, she lay dying. Her friends gathered around her bed. They asked, “Please tell us your secret of happiness.”

The woman bent over and whispered, “The angel told me I was now an angel and wherever I went, I’d meet people who would need me.

It is meeting those needs that has kept me happy. The secret of happiness is to be needed and to understand how important that is.

Teachers are needed by their students. There isn’t another job as important. Make your students feel needed and you too will bring life long happiness to them.

“ one teaches, two learn. ”