{"id":48009,"date":"2017-06-25T12:28:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T10:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=48009"},"modified":"2017-06-29T13:47:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T11:47:03","slug":"%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-176-%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%aa%d9%86%d9%89-2562017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-176-%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%aa%d9%86%d9%89-2562017\/","title":{"rendered":"On Life 176 \u2013 I Wish \u2026 \u2013 June 25, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 \u00a0He wished he had never met that friend with whom he had mutual dreams, for, suddenly, their friendship faded and a conflict broke out between them.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Situations popped into his head, along with words of affection and loyalty which both of them used to utter, only to give rise to one question, \u201cWhy did it happen? How?\u201d Words started to get louder until they changed to anger that confused him and made him wish he had not met that person!<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Many times, man questions his relation with others and develops such wishes as \u201cI wish I knew\u201d or \u201cI wish I didn\u2019t know\u201d. Yet, we have to realize that life is a journey in which we encounter several types of people, each of whom has a unique character. Some have such good attributes that you wish they never left you, and others are so bad that you wish you\u2019d never met them. Yet, whoever you meet offers you a portion of experience in life. Hence, it is said, \u201cEach person you meet has a role: one loves you, another teaches you, and a third tests you!\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Before we tackle some characters you meet in your journey, I have to clarify that some people think they can only deal with the type they choose, or limit their dealings to the ones they love. Yet, this is unrealistic: for you deal with a variety of people, and have to learn to understand the nature of each type and the space he occupies in your life.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Some Love You<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0During your lifetime, you encounter good, loving, and generous people who never hurt anybody, no matter how he behaves. They just avoid him; but continue to love him. They are the pure in heart that spread a sweet aroma in life.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Likewise, one meets honest, committed people who exert a lot of effort to be up to their responsibilities. This type does not need to be reminded of his duties, for they hurry to perform them happily, especially toward the ones they love. They are happy to make others happy. This reminds me of Gibran\u2019s very words, \u201cIsn\u2019t virtue the reward of virtue?\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

These are hope-inspiring hearts.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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 \u00a0He wished he had never met that friend with whom he had mutual dreams, for, suddenly, their friendship faded and a conflict broke out between them. \u00a0 \u00a0Situations popped into his head, along with words of affection and loyalty which both of them used to utter, only to give rise to one question, \u201cWhy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":10623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48009"}],"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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48047,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48009\/revisions\/48047"}],"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=48009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}