LET’S FACE ADVERSITY WITH A SMILE

LET’S FACE ADVERSITY WITH A SMILE

“Never run from the enemy, tackle them.” ― VICTORIA ADDINO

By Alex P. Vidal

LOS ANGELES, California -- Everywhere in the world today people experience moral, political, financial, and spiritual crisis. Political crisis if we make a mistake of electing clowns and magicians as leaders. Spiritual crisis if we are smitten by false messiahs and businessmen masquerading as Bible preachers.

Financial crisis caused by global recession abetted by manipulative technocrats and oligarchs, unethical executives that stonewall economic growth. Moral crisis due to our weak values and lack of self-discipline; our predilection for escapism and heavy reliance on cyber technology as custodian of virtues and righteousness.


CHIN UP

No matter what happens we should keep our chin up. When we indulge in gloom we are hurting ourselves most of all.
We know there are some feelings that poison us just as certainly as arsenic. They have a direct effect upon the body.

Anger reddens the face, fright makes the hair stand on end, grief destroys the appetite and embarrassment makes the mouth dry. One of the surest mental poisons is despair. It dulls the brain and confuses the hands. 


CHANCE


Why give up? As long as we live we will have some sort of a chance. Nine-tenths of success, after all, is pep. The man that faces misfortune with a smile and a stout heart cannot be beaten.

There is always tomorrow, and what tomorrow has in store for us no man knows. At least we make up our mind to this one thing, no matter what fate may do to us it shall not make us afraid.