Just heard this listening to Brian Houston at Hillsong Church on Australian Christian Channel TV today.

I recently had dental surgery and am still recovering so elected to stay home this morning instead of being on duty at church. I watched a number of programs on the TV channel on my laptop so I could sit here in my office which really is one of the most comfortable rooms in my house. Sad, hey? 😉

Not really – I just love being here in the office, it’s warm (or cool when the weather is hot), comfortable, familiar and I have everything I need around me.

So, anyway, back to Brian Houston’s comment. You’re only as happy as your saddest child. What an interesting comment that is – he’d heard someone else say it and shared it with his audience. Makes you stop and think, doesn’t it?

How happy are your children? And is there anything you can do to improve their state of mind?Whilst our kids are young we have a lot of input in their lives but as they grow older and the external influences increase, our own influence on their lives changes considerably. This can be quite scary – especially if you haven’t put the foundations in, whilst they were young.

Perhaps whilst they are still young we need to concentrate more on helping them have a happy outlook on life which should set a pattern for them as they grow older. Learning to choose to be happy even when surrounding circumstances are out of our control.

Which leaves me to ask you a simple question. How happy are you?