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The decision of happiness… and a culture of optimism

I read to Ms. Fatima Al Mazrouei:
When one of us falls into a problem or the path of his life encounters an obstacle, the best way to overcome it is to charge the soul with an energy of optimism and hope and fill the soul with these feelings, but what is happening in our lives today is completely different from this aspect, with a quick look at social networking sites or what we receive through applications Smart phones, we find that they are words and sayings that indicate a state of misery, despondency, and self-reproach. A huge amount of dark words surround many people, consuming their day and feeding their time, and the reason is that they failed or stumbled.
The young dreamers of tomorrow discussed this with me, and one of them said:
We hear you say that your genes are optimistic, and you seem to be smiling in the darkest of times, and as if happiness and optimism are inherited things, then there is no sin on the unfortunate and the pessimists, for they were born like this!!!
I said: O my children, happiness is a decision, and optimism is a culture…
I ask everyone around me: What makes you happy?
And I ask them to mention five actions they do, which will bring them happiness and joy.
The strange thing is that most of those I ask find it difficult to mention five things that make them happy.
Happiness is a positive decision, and it has components, if we do not seek it, we may not find it. It is true that some people – including myself – see in people the best in them, and in the events around them the most beautiful in them. But if a person does not seek joy, and seek happiness, days may pass and he does not see it, because he does not search for it.
The collective mind of the family and society may create positive energy, and vice versa. This collective mind is driven by the community’s culture, community leaders, media and arts. And emotional preparation for it starts from a young age, at home, school and university, in the club and square, in houses of prayer: mosques, churches and temples..
Life is a blessing from the Creator, and joy in it is thanks to God, and we must yearn for it and savor it, as it is a human right.
As for optimism in life, it is a wonderful inner feeling. It is a state of satisfaction that an individual feels with his belief that there is always a way out of problems if they occur.
To be optimistic means to see the light in the middle of the darkness, to feel that despite all the challenges, hardships and pains, there is still a lot to love in life, and it is beautiful and worth living, striving and striving to achieve and reach.
Another young man said: Is there a difference between pleasure and happiness?
I said: The difference is big. Pleasure is linked to a high percentage of the hormone dopamine, and it is short-term.. As for happiness, it is long-term and linked to the hormone serotonin.
They are two different cases.
Pleasure is sensory, but happiness is emotional, psychological and mental.
Pleasure—including sex and the moment of winning or getting money—can be part of a greater, broader, and more comprehensive happiness, but it is not happiness in itself.
We can buy pleasure, but we cannot buy happiness. Pleasure can turn into addiction.. As for happiness, it is a state of health that makes a person better, and he sees favor in others.
There are people who may have a genetically high level of serotonin, and their genes give them this predisposition to happiness.. Like me..but everyone can work on himself to generate this hormone with positive thinking.
Pleasure is mostly just taking, but happiness is giving and taking, and what you do for others may be the source of your true happiness.
Another young man said: What about optimism?
I said: Optimism is a voluntary psychological process that generates thoughts and feelings of contentment, endurance, hope and confidence, and drives away thoughts and feelings of despair, defeatism and powerlessness.
The optimist sees opportunities in crises, and his optimism activates his psychological and physical immune systems, while pessimism exhausts human energy, reduces his activity and weakens his motives.
The pessimistic interpretation method is one of the reasons leading to various physical diseases, and the low level of academic and professional performance. It is man who can decide his fate or future. Optimism is not a gift or a trait in a person’s personality, but a skill that an individual learns until he masters it and thinks positively.
I remind you that optimism and pessimism are contagious..In other words, they can be gained from contact with others..associating with pessimists makes you like them, with a melancholic view of life, hesitating and not daring..But your company with optimists makes life in your view simpler and more exciting, and you can face obstacles in a positive way.. Look around you well and make the best choice. Companionship and friends first, then nourish your mind and soul with beautiful thoughts, fill your soul with optimism, and you will find positive results that will descend upon you in turn.
There is a collective mind in the community, which is created by the sum of positive or positive energy in it, and stimulated by education, media and the arts, which places great responsibility on the shoulders of the community leaders, because they are the makers of this climate and the facilitators of its existence.
Hey guys..happiness is a decision that you have to make and you have to search for..optimism is a culture that we learn and it becomes a way of life.
The optimistic young woman said: But there must be a genetic aspect, Doctor. I am in my family and with my father we always look at things with optimism, and my brother and mother tend to be pessimistic even though we live in the same house.
I told her: There is part of the truth in that, but the positive will and the desire for happiness are very important, and I advise each of you to think about what makes you happy and look for it. As I told you, optimism is a skill that we can acquire.
Another young man said: What about the climate of pessimism around us, what should we do about it?! .. A threat from terrorism in the north, and the conscience of my predecessor wants to take us back to the past at home, and the whole world is jumping into the future, and fear of a water crisis in the south, and a dispute with Ethiopia is deepening, A huge demographic and economic challenge, and employment opportunities are fading due to the science of the future.. How can optimism await us in this climate?!.
I told him: Do you imagine that life will go without challenges.. as if you want to play a match that guarantees the gain in the absence of the opponent.. The most beautiful thing in life is facing challenges and achieving victory for yourself and others.. the threat of terrorism is everywhere, and Egypt would have been in a position Iraq, Syria, Yemen or Libya… However, our people and our army were able to withstand and turn chaos into stability… Yes, we need more, this is an injection.
a. Let’s remember that the extremist religious government did not control any country and came out of it except in Egypt with a civilized stance that imposed a civil state and rejected the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Can you avoid anxiety and fear sometimes?.. No, but creative creative work and thinking will enable you to adapt to the requirements of the future and the needs of tomorrow’s jobs.. I can confidently visit schools in the poorest villages to see that the children of Egypt possess talents and abilities that the negative collective mind cannot imagine. And that the Egyptian youth is better than the negative image it portrays.. I see around me great human forces that need guidance and care, because they are the fuel of a mighty positive energy.
We must warn against the wars of the fourth and fifth generations, which aim to kill hope in souls, spread rumors about all that is bad, and overlook all that is beautiful.
My children, our country is beautiful, our civilization is great, and with hope and work with confidence and optimism, we can obtain the happiness we deserve.
Happiness does not fall on us from the sky, but we are the ones who sow it on the earth.
It is not pride that we fall… but pride that we rise whenever we fall.
Do not be of those who complain that roses have thorns, but of those who are optimistic that roses are above thorns.
And remember the words of the great Elia Abu Madi:
Who is this complainant, and you do not have a disease..
How would you become if you became ill?
The worst offenders on earth are…
You wait before you leave
O this complainant, and you have no disease..
be beautiful see the Universe beautiful.