The Secretof

BeingHappy

The Secretof

BeingHappy

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.

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