There are so many lessons we can learn day to day and thankfully some of those lessons can help us all through life!  The people that have had the greatest influence in my life have been older, wiser, happy people!  I never found that advice from complaining, unhappy  or aimless people was any good.  I  watched to see where people were getting their happiness, and whether it lasted through difficult times too! Some of the elderly people in our church were the most interesting and helpful! (I still think so-after 40 years have flown by! ) They were wise and content week after week! They always had a thankful word and love for God! That was the kind of person I wanted to be! I wanted to be smiling no matter what the weather was or what difficulties I was dealing with and trusting God to see me through!  I learned to trust God  because I  saw how God cared for the people that did trust HIM!
      One lesson that I will never forget  was found above the clouds! When I had my first flight in an airplane the pilot  told the passengers there was a storm ahead and we would  experience wind and turbulence for a few moments.  He flew the plane up through the clouds  into the glorious sunshine where we saw the beauty and handiwork of God in the sky, and  heavens above the storm! I sat spellbound viewing  creation from heaven’s perspective! The brilliant sunrays made the clouds purest white as far as the eye could see! What a magnificient sight I was able to behold through the window of the airplane! 
     Over the years whenever storms threaten  I remember the sunny side above the clouds! The sunshine is a poor comparison to the light of our dear Savior's face, but I am reminded that one day I shall see Him and storms of life will all be over!  Til that day arrives, God’s peace and the Light of His precious Word can be in our home and part of our daily life!  Let’s live on the sunny side of life!