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 Happiness, Your Heritage
FHE Lesson by Annalisa H.
 
Preparation:
Make blowing bubbles. What You Need: Large Cup, 1/2 cup Dish soap, 11/2 cups Water, 2 teaspoons Sugar. Here's How: Get out a large cup. Pour 1/2 cup dishsoap into the cup. Add 1 1/2 cups water to the cup. Measure 2 teaspoons of sugar intothe water/soap mixture. Gently stir your mixture. Time Required: 15 mins.
Objective:
To help family members learn ways to have eternal happiness and recognizethe ways to enjoy now. The lesson discusses seeking eternal verses worldly happiness,and how to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord allowing each to inherit eternalhappiness.
Scriptures:
(1) Proclamation Paragraph 7
“Happiness in family life is most likely to beachieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.” 
(2) Doctrine andCovenants 6:20
“Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love.” 
 
Opening Song Options:
I am like a Star—CS # 163, Choose the Right Way—CS # 160
Opening PrayerObject Lesson:
Explain that blowing bubbles is lots of fun. Blow the bubbles carefully (outside, if necessary) and let the family chase after them, have fun popping bubbles for2-3 minutes. Then, begin to talk about how people chase after happiness in the world. When someone pops a bubble, have them share something that makes them happy,anything goes. Money, Food, Entertainment, Popularity, Cars, Family, et al. (Proceed to“Discussion”).
Discussion:
See “Discussion” section of lesson
 
Stories:
Younger Children:
 
(A)
Larry W. Gibbons, “
Two Secrets to Happiness
,”
 Friend 
, Feb2009, 8–9 and/or
(B)
 
Story about Sharing
from
 Primary 2: Choose the Right A,
139
Older Children:
 
(C)
Mary Ellen Smoot, “
 We Are Creators
,”
 Ensign
, May 2000, 64 and/or
(D)Powerof Compassion “Sweetwater Story”
from talk by Henry B. Eyring in Liahona and/or
(E)
LoriBoyer, “
Compassionate Service: with or without the Casserole
,” Ensign, Jan 1985, 68
 
 Activity/Game: “
Through the things you create and by your compassionateservice, you are a great power for good.”—Dieter F. Uchtdorf 
 
Closing Song:
Have I done any good? –Hymn # 223
Closing Prayer
 
 
Discussion:
 We have all enjoyed popping bubbles. Recall what makes them happy (Family, Juice,Candy, Money, Cars, Hobbies, Games et al.) Reiterate that there is a difference betweenGod’s happiness and worldly happiness, that having hobbies, money, cars are good.Mention that toys break, candy builds cavities if you don’t brush your teeth, worldly happiness only lasts a moment and doesn’t last. Eternal happiness will last forever andnever pops.The Lord said in Moses 1:39 (found in the Pearl of Great Price) “For behold, this is my  work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” Whenpeople try to find a bubble of worldly happiness eventually it will pop and go away.Eternal happiness builds our testimony and is found when “Heavenly Father is able toaccomplish two great goals—the immortality and eternal life of man—because He is aGod of creation and compassion. Creating and being compassionate are two objectivesthat contribute to our Heavenly Father’s perfect happiness. Creating and beingcompassionate are two activities that we as His spirit children can and should emulate.”– Dieter F. Uchtdorf To seek and experience eternal happiness we can participate in two activities now whileon the earth that will allow us to feel and enjoy eternal happiness now (1) creation and(2) compassion.
 (1)
 
CREATION
---What can you create? Mothers create bodies for children. Fathers create work and financial support for families. Grandparents create family reunions, journalsand memories. You can create something new for someone else. “Creation means bringing into existence something that did not exist before—colorful gardens,harmonious homes, family memories, flowing laughter…. If you still feel incapable of creating, start small. Try to see how many smiles you can create, write a letter of appreciation, learn a new skill, identify a space and beautify it.”–Dieter F. Uchtdorf.Excerpt Story--- President Brigham Young spoke to the Saints of his day. “There is a great work for the Saints to do,” he said. “Progress, and improve upon and make beautifuleverything around you. Cultivate the earth, and cultivate your minds. Build cities, adorn your habitations, make gardens, orchards, and vineyards, and render the earth sopleasant that when you look upon your labors you may do so with pleasure, and thatangels may delight to come and visit your beautiful locations. In the mean timecontinually seek to adorn your minds with all the graces of the Spirit of Christ. The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity to create.”(2)
 
COMPASSION
---How can you be compassionate (doing good for someone)? “When wereach out to bless the lives of others, our lives are blessed as well. Service and sacrificeopen the windows of heaven, allowing choice blessings to descend upon us.” –Dieter F.Uchtdorf. “Joy and happiness come from living the way the Lord wants you to live andfrom service to God and others. …You have a heritage: Honor it.”—President Thomas S.Monson. Excerpt Story--- President Lorenzo Snow expressed: “When you find yourselvesa little gloomy, look around you and find somebody that is in a worse plight than yourself;go to him and find out what the trouble is, then try to remove it with the wisdom whichthe Lord bestows upon you; and the first thing you know, your gloom is gone, you feellight, the Spirit of the Lord is upon you, and everything seems illuminated.”
** At this point in the lesson, share a personal experience you have had with seeking andexperience eternal happiness. Encourage family members to share any experiences they have had with eternal happiness by sharing, showing compassion, creating something.Challenge each family member to watch for times throughout the week to seek andexperience eternal happiness.
 Resource: Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Happiness, Your Heritage,” Liahona, Nov 2008, 117–20
 
  Activity/Game:
“
Through the things you createand by your compassionate service, you are a greatpower for good.”—Dieter F. Uchtdorf 
(1)
 
Create
Purpose:
“The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity tocreate.”—Dieter F. Uchtdorf 
 Equipment:
large area preferably with soft ground for falling, e.g, grass, carpet.
Time:
~10 mins per person in group
Brief description:
In pairs, one person is blindfolded. Holding hands, the blindfolded person is lead gradually from a slow walk up to fast running. Swap.
Running Free by James Neill
 
•
 
Find a large, flat area with soft ground, e.g., grass, carpeted living room
•
 
Make sure family is warmed up, stretched and ready for running
•
 
Invite family members to find a partner
•
 
Hand out one blindfold per pair
•
 
One person puts the blind fold on and holds hands with participant
•
 
 Ask the seeing person to take their partner on a:
o
 
slow walk (~a couple of minutes)
o
 
a normal-paced walk (~1 minute)
o
 
a fast walk (~30 secs)
o
 
a jog (~30 secs)
o
 
a run (~15 secs)
o
 
a fast run (~15 secs)
•
 
 Allow time to relax, swap over, and then take them through the same sequence
(2)
 
Compassionate Service
Purpose:
“Surely our beloved Heavenly Father smiles upon those who care for the leastof His children.”—Dieter F. Uchtdorf 
 Equipment:
 Yourself.
Time:
~10 mins.
Brief description:
Do something nice for someone else. Think carefully and decidesomething special that you can do for someone in your family. Set a time, and begin thatproject. Pick up laundry, put away dishes, do something for someone in your family andreport back to the rest on what you did and how you felt.
Challenge:
Carefully, write down something you are going to do for someone during the week. Visit a family friend in the hospital, write a letter of appreciation. Then,throughout the week fulfill that compassionate service. Report at next FHE your deeds.
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