{"id":25169,"date":"2015-01-12T13:50:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T11:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=25169"},"modified":"2017-06-04T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T10:10:00","slug":"%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-60-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-60-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85\/","title":{"rendered":"On Life 60 \u2013 Happiness \u2013 January 10, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 \u00a0Every human being seeks happiness. Yet, during this quest, one might find it or lose it. However, happiness has keys which we discover as move on. Among these: Happiness can never exist in a heart full of hatred, a brain full of worry, and a soul that does not give.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Hatred destroys the person who nurses it: for it makes him far from God. When we are far from God, then we take the path of death. In fact, the living do not hate. Hatred is animosity toward the other: be it for a reason he knows or not. Likewise, it is a negative feeling that is considered burdensome to whoever lives with it. Martin Luther King, Jr., says, \u201cI have to decided to cling to love: for hatred is so heavy a burden that I cannot carry it.\u201d<\/span> Indeed, if one\u2019s heart if full of hatred, he cannot bear life\u2019s simplest issues. To him, life stops at the person he hates. He cannot go a step further. Likewise, his mind stops for it is preoccupied with contriving to hurt him. Hence, it becomes unable to create anything. Therefore, hatred negatively affects man\u2019s life because:<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0First, it makes him lose happiness, and fills his life with sadness and frustration.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Second, it wastes his feelings on negative matters: for it fills a person\u2019s mind with blame and search for others\u2019 mistakes.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Moreover, it causes physical problems like hypertension, headache, and many dangerous ailments. It is easy to hate; but it is difficult to love! Indeed, edifying is quite difficult as it requires a lot of effort and diligence to be achieved, unlike demolition which does not need the least effort. Whoever nurses hatred cannot reach anything. Rather, he loses his goals, others, and, before all, his self and humanity.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Life is too short to be spent on hatred. All of us will be but memories of which the good and loving remain. Forgive those who hurt you and make your life a song of love, not a scream of hatred. If you want to eliminate others\u2019 hatred for you, offer them more love: for, \u201chatred does not quench hatred; only love does. You can only overcome hatred by love.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

Here I recall the poet\u2019s words:<\/span><\/h2>\n

Let life do what it pleases<\/span><\/h2>\n

Be happy if God desires<\/span><\/h2>\n

Be not sad for any occurrence<\/span><\/h2>\n

for nothing at all endures<\/span><\/h2>\n

Be patient to bear disasters<\/span><\/h2>\n

with patience and faithfulness<\/span><\/h2>\n

In like manner happiness is lost by hatred, it is negatively affected by worry. We shall continue\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n

General Bishop<\/span><\/h2>\n

Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0Every human being seeks happiness. Yet, during this quest, one might find it or lose it. However, happiness has keys which we discover as move on. Among these: Happiness can never exist in a heart full of hatred, a brain full of worry, and a soul that does not give. \u00a0 \u00a0Hatred destroys the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[8657,6804,169,726,170,1007,642],"class_list":["post-25169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-happiness","tag-on-life","tag-169","tag-726","tag-170","tag-1007","tag-642"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25169"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47467,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25169\/revisions\/47467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}