Yes, I
insist; life can be joyful. You must work hard to spot happiness anywhere and
grab it. It will not come easy to you if you do not do your best to locate and
to seize it.
Despite the traffic jam, despite the rubbish
heaps on every street corner, despite drivers cursing one another and homeless
children selling tissue paper as a means of begging; despite non-stop TV
commercials urging you to pay the last pound in your pocket to help save the
life of poor sick children, or participate in the education of promising needy
youth; despite all the misery in your heart and around you.
Despite
everything… life can be joyful; life must be joyful. Don’t lose faith; don’t
surrender to the tensions and worries; open yourself to all possibilities; open
your eyes and heart to the little things that are the substance of happiness
and life; look in the eyes of your child; listen to their pure laughter;
rejoice in their unconditional love and acceptance of you; touch their hair and
hug them; try to feel their heart beats; try to indulge in their little dreams
and to make them come true. You don’t have a child? No problem, do this with
any child, an orphan maybe.
The
sight of a beautiful bird on a tree, a lovely flower in a garden; the smell of
baking, a lovely dress on a little girl with smooth hair can change your mood. Just
keep your senses open to the world, even if you happen to live in Cairo, and be
keen on receiving little joyful things that will make you happy… for a while.
Yes, happiness is brief, but it is worth taking the trouble to find. Do this
for yourself, because no one else can do it on your behalf, and because you
deserve it.
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