Theory 2

We are all weak. No matter how powerful, rich, popular, self-absorbed, or popular we may be. You may look strong on the outside, whether it’s muscles  or simply the way we behave. I will admit that I myself have acted stronger than I really was at one point, and sometimes it’s intended to keep your close ones feeling strong under circumstances. People perceive you as a strong person, only to find that we are simply human. Inside we are growing weak, but our actions show otherwise. This may be a healthy approach, but you must feel strong on the inside so that you feel invincible  Otherwise, our hope will diminish and weakness will overcome the soul.

Humans are born weak, and until we figure out a better  way for our minds to work, we will stay weak. In other words, it is up to us to stay strong mentally, because true strength shows when: a person doesn’t give up on life once things turn bad, they don’t give up when something is too hard, and they don’t settle for something because it is what they want but for a choice that is better for them or the people around them.

People must drink water. They must eat and exercise. We, humans, need to protect our bodies and the surroundings they inhabit. These are some of the basic necessities to living healthy lives. However, other than physical health, there is mental health. Mental health affects us the same way as, and sometimes more than, physical health. Therefore, we must focus on our mental strength and letting things go. Life is short. Don’t waste time on things that don’t matter and stress only YOU. Choose things that better you or benefit your future, not things that you want in that moment. Otherwise, you will regret these naive decisions. Think of you, your future, and your health.

My theory: Stress should be sinful. Be happy, relax, live in serenity. If it means getting away, do it. This will keep you mentally strong, and feeling clear minded enough to make sharp and thoughtful decisions in your life.

-A

Debating Hope

Today’s passionate debate flowed from the following quote …

“I’m not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the road blocks that stand in our path. I’m not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.

I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.”

– President Obama, 2012 Victory Speech

We discussed the hope, happiness, and positivity … as well as the lack of hope, unhappiness, and negativity … in our lives. A passionate debate ensued about finding happiness in a hard life — and whether or not Arabs, in general, and Jordanians, in particular, have a negative outlook on life.

 

 

The conversation could have had us talking for hours…

Does your environment define your happiness? Do your circumstances, and factors outside of your control, shape your attitude?

or does your attitude color your environment? Can you make up your mind to be happy, and maintain positivity no matter where you find yourself?

…. what effect can we have on our own lives? our own futures?

Needless to say, we didn’t come up with any answers.

But that wasn’t really the point, was it?

“It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.”
– Joesph Joubert

“Time spent arguing is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.” – Christopher Hitchens

Spoken Word – “I died last year in a car accident”