With the dawn of the New Year, hopes are renewed and the horizons of dreams expanded, with each of us carrying wishes that overflow with goodness and blessings. Optimism is a torch that lights our way in facing life’s challenges, and it is a deep belief that tomorrow holds the best, no matter how severe the difficulties and obstacles.
When we start the New Year with optimism, we plant the seeds of happiness and success in our hearts, and take positive steps towards achieving our dreams and goals.
Every obstacle can be an opportunity for growth, and every problem the beginning of a solution that opens up new horizons. Life is not paved with roses, but sometimes it is full of thorns that require hard work and efforts to transform them into successes.
Let us seize this opportunity to renew our pledge to be better than we were, and to plant love and peace in our hearts and the hearts of those we love. The New Year is not just a number that changes, but rather a new opportunity that we are given to start over.
A friend asked me about my expectations for the New Year. I said I am optimistic despite all the circumstances, challenges and developments that the Arab region, the world and even at the local level are witnessing! Although this optimism may sometimes be exaggerated, I find that the spirit of challenge is greatly present and hard work is done to achieve the desired goals. The important thing is not to succumb to any of the factors that affect the level of performance and spirit that an individual enjoys in society.
A new study in Canada has shown that ‘optimists’ are ‘wiser’ than ‘pessimists’, and that bitterness distances a person from wisdom because he does not learn lessons. Researcher Dolores Bashkar at the University of Cologne in Montreal said that wisdom and intelligence are not the same thing, adding that only five per cent of the people can be described as truly wise.
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh studied death rates and chronic health conditions among participants in the ‘Women’s Health Initiative’ study which followed more than 100,000 women aged 50 and above since 1994. Women who are optimistic were 14pc less likely to die from any cause compared to pessimists and 30pc less likely to die from heart disease after eight years of follow-up. Optimists were also less likely to suffer from high blood pressure, diabetes or smoking.
If we are pessimistic, lazy and indolent, we will only reap regression and the end result is loss; we must accustom ourselves and our hearts to optimism and start a new life full of hope for a brighter tomorrow.
On the occasion of the New Year, I extend my congratulations and blessings to the wise leadership and the loyal people of Bahrain, praying to God Almighty to bestow upon us the blessings of security, safety, stability and prosperity, and to keep us away from the evil of sedition and tribulations.
ztawfeeqi@gmail.com
Every obstacle can be an opportunity for growth, and every problem the beginning of a solution that opens up new horizons. Life is not paved with roses, but sometimes it is full of thorns that require hard work and efforts to transform them into successes.
Let us seize this opportunity to renew our pledge to be better than we were, and to plant love and peace in our hearts and the hearts of those we love. The New Year is not just a number that changes, but rather a new opportunity that we are given to start over.
A friend asked me about my expectations for the New Year. I said I am optimistic despite all the circumstances, challenges and developments that the Arab region, the world and even at the local level are witnessing! Although this optimism may sometimes be exaggerated, I find that the spirit of challenge is greatly present and hard work is done to achieve the desired goals. The important thing is not to succumb to any of the factors that affect the level of performance and spirit that an individual enjoys in society.
A new study in Canada has shown that ‘optimists’ are ‘wiser’ than ‘pessimists’, and that bitterness distances a person from wisdom because he does not learn lessons. Researcher Dolores Bashkar at the University of Cologne in Montreal said that wisdom and intelligence are not the same thing, adding that only five per cent of the people can be described as truly wise.
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh studied death rates and chronic health conditions among participants in the ‘Women’s Health Initiative’ study which followed more than 100,000 women aged 50 and above since 1994. Women who are optimistic were 14pc less likely to die from any cause compared to pessimists and 30pc less likely to die from heart disease after eight years of follow-up. Optimists were also less likely to suffer from high blood pressure, diabetes or smoking.
If we are pessimistic, lazy and indolent, we will only reap regression and the end result is loss; we must accustom ourselves and our hearts to optimism and start a new life full of hope for a brighter tomorrow.
On the occasion of the New Year, I extend my congratulations and blessings to the wise leadership and the loyal people of Bahrain, praying to God Almighty to bestow upon us the blessings of security, safety, stability and prosperity, and to keep us away from the evil of sedition and tribulations.
ztawfeeqi@gmail.com
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