PERSPECTIVE
In a discussion with her mother about Tante Beb, the aunt who had lived with them for a number of years, Corrie observed how unhappy Beb was, always complaining and comparing their home to the “Wallers,” where she had be “so happy” as their housekeeper. But mother knew better; “Corrie,” she asked, “Do you know when she started praising the Wallers so highly? The day she left them. As long as she was there, she had nothing but complaints. The Wallers couldn’t compare with the Van Hooks where she’d been before. But at the Van Hooks, she’d actually been miserable. Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings, Corrie, it’s something we make inside ourselves.” Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place
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