While on a month-long trip to Africa, I spied how that the children in the villages of Burkina Faso were some of the most contented I had ever seen. Yet most did not have access to a good education, nice clothing, consistent electricity, or any of the "things" that the developed world relies on for day-to-day satisfaction. As I dwelled on this, I not only thought of the emptiness of the young generation in America, but how that many marriages are based on temporal things, rather than true love. I am glad that my wife, Kimberly, and I have known the kind of relationship that does need all the "stuff" that so many others require for a good life and marriage. I could live an eternity with her and be satisfied just to come home to her each night and sit on the back porch and watch the sun go down. I am truly "Happy in the Village".
