Was I Right? by O.F. Walton

WE often speak of "learning by contrast; " and, surely, some of our most forcible lessons, those which we never forget, are learnt in this way.

I had been about three months in my new home, and I had always felt that it was the happiest place on earth, and yet, although I thanked God for giving it to me, every morning and evening, when I said my prayers, still I do not think I ever realised how happy, how peaceful, how blessed it was, until that Monday night.