Enjoy what’s left of 2015

Say the truth: Are you really happy about this year? Not sure? It is okay, regardless of your reply, you cannot change what has happened by now, and it is already history. Why don’t you think on doing something different in 2016? The years are just calendar days, nothing different, but it’s how you utilise them that make sense.

Maybe you cannot change your spouse, your job, or even your flat, but there is something you sure can do and that is to smile. I mean a real and genuine one, not a plastic fake smile! I know you’re thinking it’s so easy to say it as I am just the writer and a dreamer, but mind you, this is the reality, or maybe you will say how can I smile with all the suffering that I am facing in my life?

Do you know that the majority of people spend their time living in the past, reflecting “Why has this happened? Why me? Why now?” Looking for answers, but even if they get them, what do they change? Nothing! What happened is over. Make your present by being conscious about what has happened and just smile!

When you live in trust, believing that everything happens for a reason and that there is a hidden meaning beyond, that deep meaning that you may not understand right now, you will not react negatively and will have the power to move forward. By doing so, you will be able to live a life filled with happiness, trusting that what you’re going to face in 2016, will only be for your best.

— The reader is a Bahraini human resource development lecturer and writer based in Manama, Bahrain