{"id":2142,"date":"2018-12-08T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=2142"},"modified":"2018-12-19T07:01:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T06:01:43","slug":"2142","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/2142\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness all around us can only happen when we wish happiness onto others"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the time for exchanging\u00a0best wishes\u00a0for Christmas and the New Year. One asks,\u00a0how genuine are these wishes of wealth,\u00a0happiness\u00a0and good fortune?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stop a moment and think about your relatives and friends. Wish them happiness\u00a0from the bottom of your heart. To care for others is the key to your wellbeing. When we show others love and care, we will bring greater peace, harmony and significance\u00a0into our lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We can start by\u00a0practicing what we preach with those who are nearest to us, our family members \u2013 and see what happens. We can then, little by little, extend these acts to all\u00a0those whose\u00a0lives\u00a0touch\u00a0ours. This will take time but it will be to our benefit.\u00a0 We will find that many of our problems, such as our anger, jealousy and selfish behaviour, will disappear and our minds will be calmer and more serene.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The comedian and actor,\u00a0Wanda Sykes,\u00a0said that \u201cif there is something you should be doing, if you have a passion for it, stop wishing it and do it\u201d.\u00a0I can\u2019t\u00a0not agree with this quote\u00a0and I hazard to say that wishes are not in vain. After I\u00a0reread what Sykes said, I realised\u00a0that first and foremost we need to have that wish \u2013 and the enthusiasm to make it happen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A wish\u00a0is the foundation of action.\u00a0When, in our lives, we wish for something that we really need, we turn the wish into action. When we wish we want. And when we want we are motivated to do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That is why we need wishes. We need them to motivate us to act. We need them to define who we are and what we want out of life and from those around us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0mind that cares for others and expresses good wishes is a precious mind \u2013 a rarity in our society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I wish you a Happy Christmas that only Baby Jesus can give.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  This is the time for exchanging\u00a0best wishes\u00a0for Christmas and the New Year. One asks,\u00a0how genuine are these wishes of wealth,\u00a0happiness\u00a0and good fortune?\u00a0 Stop a moment and think about your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2202,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[90],"issuem_issue_categories":[7],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2142"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2142"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2204,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2142\/revisions\/2204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=2142"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=2142"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=2142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}