Everybody is chasing things that will make them happy, but it is happy things that chase happy people. Pears do not grow on apple trees, and figs do not grow on pear trees. In the same way, happy fruit will not grow from angry trees, for happy fruit can only grow on happy trees. If you are angry then the fruit of your life will be more anger, and if you are sad the fruit of your life will be sad. But, if you are happy than the fruit of your life will be happiness.

When you desire a better car because you think you need a better car to be happy, then not having the better car will make you anxious, and your fruit will not be happiness – it will be anxiety and more things to be anxious about. But if you are grateful for the things you have, you will be happy, and your fruit will be more things which make you happy.

I like what John the Baptist says when he says that all trees will be examined, and if any tree does not bear good fruit, it will be chopped down and thrown to the fire. If something in your life is not bearing good fruit, chop it down and throw it to the fire so that you may make room to plant good trees in your life that bear you good fruit. When you do this, happiness will be your fruit.