{"id":53278,"date":"2017-12-15T16:22:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T14:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=53278"},"modified":"2018-01-23T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T08:14:51","slug":"%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-199-%d8%a3%d8%b4%d8%b9%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d8%a3%d9%84%d9%85-%d8%b4%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af-15122017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-199-%d8%a3%d8%b4%d8%b9%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d8%a3%d9%84%d9%85-%d8%b4%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af-15122017\/","title":{"rendered":"On Life 199 \u2013 I\u2019m Very Much Pained \u2013 December 15, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 \u00a0He said, \u201cI\u2019m very sad. I love my work, and do it honestly. I also try to help my colleagues whenever they need help. I don\u2019t really mind whether they remember my help; it is performing the task correctly that makes me happy. Yet, I\u2019m very much pained, for there\u2019s a colleague who tries to destroy this image. I don\u2019t know why. He talks in an unseemly way with his colleagues and subordinates. He creates problems, and gives his superiors wrong information. He doesn\u2019t accept advice. Now, he\u2019s trying to oust me from work by ruining the relation between me and my superiors. I wonder if there\u2019s justice on earth or if this the reality, which Gibran Khalil Gibran expressed by saying,<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u2018Justice, on earth, makes fairies weep to hear<\/span>
\nAnd the dead will laugh to see\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0He paused, and I told him, \u201cWould you listen to a true story?\u201d \u201cTell me,\u201d replied he. \u201cI had a friend who used to work as a manager in a company. He had a harsh deputy who used to treat the employees cruelly and embarrass them before their bosses. He never appreciated any effort, and used to get tense in discussions. So much so that many used to avoid working with him.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Then, it came to pass that he created a schism between my friend and his superiors by presenting him wrong data that he might make wrong decisions, which made them oust him from his post and the company branch altogether. Many got sad and started wondering why injustice prevails and where justice is.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0At that time I said, \u201cGod is just and loves justice. No matter how much time passes, each man reaps whatever he sows. Good never dies. Nor does evil disappear in the harshness of life. Inevitably the day will come when truth manifests itself.\u201d My addressor asked in despair, \u201cHas the day come? I think it lost its way.\u201d I answered, \u201cAfter a few months, the superiors discovered the conspiracy, and the man got a punishment greater than that of the manager\u2019s destiny.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Life is full of people who strayed from humanity and thought what they do is an act of intelligence or a way toward success and acquiring positions at others\u2019 expense. Yet, man was not created thus, but for loftiness, humanity, goodness, and life. He will not pass away until he crosses the bridge he compelled others to cross: be it good or bad. As for man\u2019s confidence, it should, first and foremost, be in God\u2019s justice and wisdom. Whatever we go through in life is for our good, no matter how bad things seem. He is the God of love and goodness.<\/span><\/h2>\n

General Bishop<\/span>
\nHead of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0He said, \u201cI\u2019m very sad. I love my work, and do it honestly. I also try to help my colleagues whenever they need help. I don\u2019t really mind whether they remember my help; it is performing the task correctly that makes me happy. Yet, I\u2019m very much pained, for there\u2019s a colleague who tries […]<\/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":[10703,6804,6385],"class_list":["post-53278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-im-very-much-pained","tag-on-life","tag-youm7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53278"}],"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=53278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54311,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53278\/revisions\/54311"}],"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=53278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}