{"id":28855,"date":"2014-07-20T13:48:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T11:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=28855"},"modified":"2017-06-07T15:16:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T13:16:43","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-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b0%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84","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-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b0%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84\/","title":{"rendered":"On Life 35 \u2013 The Window \u2013 July 20, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Long ago, it was decided that the gorgeous windows of St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral at the Vatican be imported from Spain. Yet, it happened that a small window was forgotten. As the inauguration ceremony approached, they discovered that the window was not there! The ceremony, however, could not be postponed, and everybody was terribly worried. At that time, Michelangelo heard of the issue. So, he calmed the officials down and asked them where they threw broken glass! To everybody\u2019s surprise, Michelangelo insisted to get what he wanted and started choosing pieces of broken glass, only to make the most beautiful window in the Cathedral! The artist used pieces of glass which everybody thought should be ignored, believing it was hopeless to reuse them, and changed them to a beautiful piece of art.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Same applies to life: some people seek its gorgeous windows to look at a sequence of scenes, while others think and innovate to create these scenes. Thus, do not watch; participate! Be not a by-passer who waits for people to make the beautiful and cozy. Delve deep into life, think, and create what you want to achieve, even if you utilize useless things. You need to stop and search for the bright side which helps you be creative.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u00a0 \u00a0The core of life resides in man\u2019s active participation, no matter what his potential might be. So, try to make useful things that illuminate your life and others\u2019. Only then, you can say you did participate. Do not despair if problems occur; rather, be sure that there are certain fragments which you can use adeptly to overcome obstacles. It is said, \u201cWithout hope, life is tasteless.\u201d Fill your life with hope which will shine through your life, and he reflected in others\u2019, imparting significance on it.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">General Bishop<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Long ago, it was decided that the gorgeous windows of St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral at the Vatican be imported from Spain. Yet, it happened that a small window was forgotten. As the inauguration ceremony approached, they discovered that the window was not there! The ceremony, however, could not be postponed, and everybody was [&hellip;]<\/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":[6804,8718,6385,170,1007],"class_list":["post-28855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-on-life","tag-the-window","tag-youm7","tag-170","tag-1007"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28855"}],"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=28855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47684,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28855\/revisions\/47684"}],"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=28855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}