In his book The Hypothesis of Happiness, Jonathan Hight argues that experiments that showed that genes play a big role in the subject of happiness were a severe blow to psychology that, since Freud, believed that man s childhood and his upbringing is what determines how his personality is formed and if he or she will be happy or not. When Martin Selgman founded positive psychology in 1990, he and a number of psychologists worked to find what is called a formula or happiness equation, which tried to look at the opposite of what science experiments found. The equation was as follows: H = S + C + V. The letter H means Happiness, while S means biological Set point and C means conditions and V is voluntary actions. Hight says that external influences can not be zero effect, and it must help in raising the happiness rate of those who were unlucky in terms of the subject of genes. The circumstances include, for example, the society in which man is born, the relationships that are imposed on him or her such as the family, the outward form, race, and perhaps sex and religion as well. As for voluntary acts, we cannot deny the role of philosophies (such as Buddhism) and philosophy (Epictetus), for example, despite the difficulty of the road they have taken, but nevertheless seems effective with some and has positive results in the long run.

It is a very funny and realistic story that happened 150 years ago with Khedive Abbas who was returning from his trip in the Mediterranean in the winter 1850. He was heading to Alexandria and it was very cold, dark and stormy. His ship was going astray and the Captain was not able to find the shores. Hardly, the Khedive could see from afar a dim light and they followed the light till they reached the shore to find out it came from the lamp lit before St. Mark icon in the great Cathedral of Alexandria. The Khedive was so grateful to it since it saved him from death. To show gratitude, he ordered the pay of certain amount of money equal to the price of oil used in this lamp. It is worth mentioning that this money is still paid by the governorate to the church till today.

The more we read about happiness, the more we yearn for it. We may read about the experiences of others and how they see happiness. Yet, we fail to imitate them since we can t see with their eyes or feel with their skin. Some say they find happiness in money, and others say it is hidden in marriage and family. Some may find it in health or faith. However, everybody can give you an advice, but it won t help you reach happiness since it is a very personal experience. We can t find happiness in what others find even if they are good at describing what they see or feel. Thus, you have to search for your own source of happiness. Yes, happiness is all of that. It can be found in money, success, family, friendship, love, power, value and even lust! But, each of us has to search for it. Every human being finds happiness in something, and nobody can find it for you. Therefore, my advice is to be yourself and find your own happiness away from limits of the others. Don t give great concern to criticize and ridicule of the others. Do what suits you even if you become poor and alone. You can find your own definition of happiness and you will never be sad this way.

Thugs and Salafis in Upper Egypt, and especially in Minya governorate, show no respect for the law. This has clearly appeared in the recent attack against a Coptic Christian family in the village of Nasiriyah where the mother and two sons were seriously injured. They show no respect for policemen because of the judicial rulings that led to the acquittal of the perpetrators and built on false reports and false testimony in addition to falsifying the reality of the mental and psychological condition of the perpetrators in many cases. One of these cases is the stripping of an old woman in al-Karm village and attacking her husband in May 2016. Demands of Presdinet Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to held the perpetrators accountable were simply ignored. The president had asked for her forgiveness after what she experienced and promised to held the perpetrators accountable no matter how many they are. Yet, this demand was ignored just like his demands to renew the religious discourse were ignored. Now, will the trend be to hire thugs in order to punish the Copts and seize their money and even kill them? It looks like many people are going to suffer after the extremists had taken control of the country and decide when and where to build a church in many Egyptian villages, especially in Minya Governorate.

I think the main reason for the rejection of the Coptic street to the new presenter of CTV not because he is a Muslim man, but because he had never had any position of solidarity with the Copts. He is clearly not aware of the Coptic cause in order to talk about it. It is normal to face the rejection from the Copts since the Program Felnour in the most viewed talk show among the Copts. However, if we look at the Coptic media scene, we will find 3 channels inside Egypt and 9 abroad. Yet, nobody among the presenters is known for defending the Coptic cause. The Coptic media has to reconsider its presenters concerning the Coptic issues and should exclude those who spread false information and rumors, and replace them with true Coptic activists who dedicated their lives to the Coptic cause. We don’t need professional presenters, but strivers who are able to talk about their people better than anybody. Those are able to transfer the picture, heritage and challenges without exaggeration aiming to defend the rights of the Copts in equal citizenship.

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. In the Eucharist we become one flesh to the one head of our Lord Jesus Christ because we share the one sacrifice with a righteous faith and one heart. HG Bishop Benjamin of Menoufia explained in his essay The Liturgy and the Unity of the Church. that the Church during the Sacrament of the Eucharist and the Divine Liturgy lived the mystery of oneness as Saint Augustine says: The mystery of our peace and unity is on the sacred altar. The Church lives in company that reflects union through which we become sons of the heavenly Father. We are anointed by a holy chrism in the baptism and eat his body and drink his blood to embrace eternal life and to be sons of the heavenly Father. We partake in the same sacrifice in one heart and one faith. Jesus Christ said on Maundy Thursday “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the[b] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. We share prayers and praises before the Lord to get rid of sin with the grace of God. Thus, do not let anything stop you from attending the Divine Liturgy and taking up the sacraments, so that you are filled with spiritual gifts and receive forgiveness of sins.

Upon the emergence of a new trend, I used to enjoy watching and discussing with those I trust, and then I write my point of view. The fact that the Coptic reaction to the sudden changes in the CTV channel and the popular anger that they expressed through the social media pages is an implicit expression of the (state of oppression) and (the feeling of weakness). This reading is not an absurd analysis, but was made based on psychological foundations and based on the so-called psychological evaluation and protective factors. The CTV channel was for the Copts the media window that expresses their identity and discussed Coptic problems even if they do not offer solutions. The sense of oppression and inferiority made Copts seek protection in the channel and consider it a holy place as a (protection factor). I compare this to converting churches in the West into mufflers or night cafes. People don’t protest on such conversion in the West since the law is their protection factor that protects freedom of worship. The problem here is that the Copts have ‘suffered from oppression and marginalization that caused them to rise up for the remaining protection factors and their fear of losing it and returning to Trigger factors or risk factors. The Copts forgot that the channel is an investment business set up by a good man who was generous, but his son have now a different vision in running the business. I do not criticize the angry reactions, but I look at the reasons and motives in order to get the big picture and analyze the factors that formed the Coptic personality which is the harvest of centuries of coercive and sectarian practices.

Religious Celebrations in Egypt reveal Schizophrenia of security and clergy since police only care about collecting money from the businessmen, I mean clergy! Police take money from the church and impose road traffic fees to collect money from the visitors. It is ironic that the security presence does not appear inside the celebrations and is limited to the gates in spite of the existence of millions of people. It is even more ridiculous is the Church s blessing of the celebrations, despite the fact that millions of human lives are under imminent danger. Millions of souls may be under attack, and yet the church cares only about money of the naive blessings collectors.

The reactions to the family of Majdi McCain, who was killed by the police officer Karim Magdy because of torture inside the police department varied. Magdi s family had to change their testimony, and torturiang them is a kind of continuing injustice. They decided to be realistic knowing they are poor and weak. They are not trying to be ideal like those on Facebook and human rights activists. They lost a poor father from a low class who was killed by an officer of the elite. They are simply embracing fire. I hope we don t describe them as deceitful and don t destroy the rest of their dignity. They realize we live in a forest where the survival is for the strongest. They only demand to live in peace in such forest. If we want to do justice to Majdi McCain, we all have to change ourselves and abandon our class classifications and racist views of each other. In our community, we always create pharos and follow the rules of forests and like to classify people as masters and slaves

After the TV presenter Asma Sherif Mounir apologized for criticizing the late Sheikh Mohamed Metwaly Shaarawy and describing his views as extreme, the famous presenter Amr Adib hosted Sheikh Habib Jafry and praised her apology as if Arabs don’t have the right to cretisize and they only have to blindly obey without thinking, though it was OK to criticize even Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Sheikh Jafry considered her views an attack against Islam though he was the one to call for the establishment of the warring Islamic caliphate and called for jihad against non-Muslims. This means that Shaarawy is the founder of the Islamic State and I believe that those who defend him are offending Islam. They don’t really understand what they are doing, and they are supporting terrorism. Those people are the reason of retardation in our country as long as they advocate things against true religion like Jihad with weapons and killing apostate and killing those who leave prayer and the sanctity of the transfer of organs and call for the Islamic Caliphate to fight infidels and that befriending a Christian is equal to infidelity. They prohibit congratulating Christians on their holidays and prohibit the benefits of banks and advocate stoning as an Islamic law. These are small part of the views of Shaarawy, which is sanctified and followed by Jafari. They, we should not be amazed when our children die in terrorist attacks every now and then! I believe that media personnel and the government are responsible for terrorist by advocating such extreme ideas. I have declared these ideas before Sheikh Sharawy when I was a student of the Faculty of Sharia and Law and he was very angry at me.

Sin of doubt is one of the sins that may face all people, as a result of the work of the devil. Such doubt may be accepted by some people who live in anxiety and turmoil, and may be refused by others, who overcome it. The late Pope Shenouda III in his article ‘doubt’ talked about the sin of doubt, its kinds, reasons, and how to face it. People may doubt faith related to God, doubt the truth, principles, others and even doubt related to oneself. There are many reasons of doubt including fear like St. Peter who saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, ‘Lord, save me!’ And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, ‘O you of little faith, why did you doubt?’ Man may lack faith and forget about God’s grease that saved him in the past. Second, having friends who doubt may affect one’s faith. Third, the rumors that may affect one’s faith. Fourth, the narrow mind that considers one reason and can’t think of others. Fifth: The person may be skeptical of nature like Thomas. Sixth, the work of Satan since the beginning when it said to Eve Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’? He also said to Christ: If You are theSon of God, command that these stones become bread. Later it said: If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross. Seventh: There is doubt concerning God, His protection, love and support. Uncertainty and doubt are very damaging and causes anxiety and turmoil. It is easy to embrace and very hard to get rid of. Faith and trust in the almighty Lord are the solution. Don’t believe everything since the devil is multi-talented and can lead people easily to doubt, grumbling and despair.

I was very happy to know about the production of a biography TV series about the life of the late Pope Shenouda III to be a lasting memory not only for the present generation but for the new generations to come like all other biographies. His life indeed is full of unique experiences not only in Egypt but around the world. His Holiness Pope Shenouda is one of the universal spiritual stature witnessed by kings, princes, and presidents, in addition to all ecclesiastical leaders in all denominations. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts of History from King Fouad University with excellent grades. He studied at the theological seminary and was one of its teachers. He was a writer and poet and an officer in the Egyptian Army. He was a monk, a bishop for education, Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Church. Caring for the poor, he founded the Committee to take care of the needy and the poor. Everyone knows what his Holiness Pope Shenouda presented to his sons and his country, especially with the disagreement with President Sadat. He always resorted to God by prayers to solve many including hundreds of sectarian strife, which claimed many wounded and martyrs, the most recent of which was the massacre of the Maspero massacre. Many countries, universities, human rights organizations and parliaments have honored His Holiness Pope Shenouda and he was awarded medals, awards, certificates, honorary doctorates, etc. His name was called on a street in the United States of America and the Coptic Center for Youth in Sydney, Australia. However, the name of the biography made many people feel uncomfortable with many other titles that could be used. He was an international figure with a Coptic roots, so why just limit his effect with the Arabs? I googled the title, and was surprised to know that he was first called this title during his visit to Lebanon in 1995. Thank God they didn’t choose the title Pope of the Resistance! I think it is still possible to choose an alternative to the name of this TV series, which will remain stuck in the minds of this generation and could be called on a church one day!

On May 2nd, 2011, Western and international media reported that Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, was killed by US forces. President Barack Obama restored his popularity after he was close to losing the elections in his second round and the killing of the founder of Al-Qaeda was a kiss of life to him. In 2019, Democrats rallied against US President Donald Trump and despite his unprecedented economic reforms to the United States, the Democrats succeeded in confusing him by threatening to remove him after his calls wtih the Ukrainian President and his request to investigate the son of Joe Biden, a possible presidential candidate for 2020 against Trump. Soon, Western newspapers announced in August 2019 that Osama bin Laden s son Hamza had been killed in an air strike, which is similar to what Obama did before his second round election by announcing the killing of bin Laden.

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. Love is the base of Christianity and we believe that God is love. Thus, the believers have to witness to this love. Dr. Rasmi Abdel Malek, Head of the Department of Humanities in the seminary in his article Education for the Testimony of Christian Love assured us that true love is the love of the Lord with all the heart, and this is what we really need today. He cited a saying by the late Father Bishoy Kamel saying: The church today needs martyrs of love more than of blood. To love your enemies is better than to offer your blood. We need today those who love the Lord from all their hearts. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind ; and, Love your neighbor as yourself. Our fathers loved God above all, and therefore, they were powerful in facing tribulations and persecution. St. Paul the Apostle stood before kings and testified about Christ. St. Anthony left all his riches and chose the path of spiritual suffering. Thus, he despised lusts of the world and became as martyr of love. Give your heart to the Lord and make it immersed in His love to find comfort and joy.

During the football match between Algeria and Pyrmaids, Algerian fans called Egyptian president enemy of God, “and Tunisians did the same after the wining of Qais Said the presidential elections. In the Sudan, the demonstrators said they have either victory or being like Egypt. In Gaza, they insult the Egyptian army during their celebrations. Most of them have a strong hatred and even envy against Egypt, so we reaffirm that Egypt belongs to the Egyptians. The Egyptian people are of the sons of Ham, while the Arabs are of Semitic origin (Jewish cousins). Thus, we have to reconsider our relations based on personal benefits and national security. We need to differentiate between those who target our country or make ally with its enemies, and those who represent source of threat. We need to get rid of the illusions of the inherited ties after they proved to be catastrophic since 1948, and built our foreign policies on the basis of Egypt s interests and national security. The overwhelming majority of Egyptians (about 98%) are from the sons of Ham, and they are unrelated to Arabism. I say we must base our policies on our national interests and the requirements of our national security. It is not a matter of hostility, but a call for realism and objectivity and building our policies based on our national interests and respect for my country and its institutions and symbols.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. (Psalm 32) He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (Psalm 91). Living in the house of the Lord is not difficult since God wants everyone to come to Him. He blesses them and offers them rest, help and shelter. Dr. Rasmy Abdul Malik, head of the Department of Humanities at the Seminary, said in his article for those seeking safety talked about the conditions and qualities of dwelling in the house of the Lord. The conditions are summarized in the purity of the heart and doing good, purity of the senses and keeping distance from what defiles man. They also include speaking right and seeking justice and following the commandments of God and the teachings of the Bible.

The prophets left us a few Scriptures called the Twelve Minor Prophets which speak of what sin does to us and how we live the life of repentance. One of these Minor Prophets is Hosea. HG Bishop Bakhomios, Archbishop of Al-Buhaira, Matrouh and North Africa in his book "Hosea" explained to us that the prophetic books tell about an important historical period in the life of the people of Israel, the Babylonian and Assyrian captivity, and also about the Lord s call to the people to repent through his prophets. Hence Hosea tells us about the sins of the people that led them to captivity, the reproach of the Lord to his people and his warning to them, and the Lord s call for them to come back and offer a collective repentance before Him.

The Egyptian Cabinet Media Center published the latest data on the number of churches and service buildings that have been legalized by the main committee for the legalization of churches in Egypt, which was formed in January 2017 under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister and the membership of six ministers and representatives for the churches. At the last meeting on Monday, the committee agreed to legalize 71 churches and service buildings, bringing the total number to 1,179 churches and buildings. According to human rights reports, the Egyptian churches have submitted about 3,730 applications for legalization of churches and service buildings. Thus, in just two years, about 32% of the applications were considered and accepted. If there are some approvals on the license of some churches, because they do not get the due approvals, for example, churches built on state land and others need approvals from the Ministry of Agriculture or Antiquities, the committee is subject to the completion of licenses to complete these papers. There is no doubt that the Committee is dealing with a large response to requests for codification, and take into account the maintenance of the state social peace, which made the province of Minya top of the list of churches that have been licensed. Reports indicated that the committee approved the legalization of 189 churches and buildings in Minya governorate, equivalent to 10% of the total churches that were legalized. It is worth mentioning that the Egyptian state is keen to build new churches in new urban communities, where the state has taken into account the existence and establishment of places of worship. There is no doubt that the great achievement in the file of legalization of churches in Egypt, which was expected to issue many years ago, is a landmark and distinctive in the history of Egypt, in the framework of the Constitution and law, belonging has become to the country under the civil state before all other belongings. Importance of national unity needs to be acknowledged in order to develop the homeland and to achieve social peace. This requires positive steps on the ground including the legalization of churches, which already witnesses positive and effective steps.

Dr. Frans Jonckheere in his book les medecins de l Egypte pharaonique or The doctors of the Pharaonic Egypt listed 82 doctors in all specialties including the oldest physicians Merritt Ptah and Pseshet. Henry E. Sigerist in his book on the History of Medicine talked about medicine in ancient Egypt stated that they identified 69 disease and 78 drugs. The oldest book showed us the magnificent progress in ancient Egypt more than 4600 years ago, which is a therapeutic medical papyri.

We can t deny that there is anger among the people after president al-Sisi talked about building palaces in the country that suffers from poverty. The regime must be wise and take care of the needy. In 2008 and 2009, the global economy was based on the real estate economy in America, which collapsed after the bankruptcy of more than 100 US banks and hundreds of millions around the world had a great loss, but those who invested their money in an industry were safe. The opposite happened in Egypt after the January 25 revolution when 4200 factories were shut down and didn t open again. The economies of poor countries are based only on small and micro projects. Their revenues are achieved faster than Mage projects of the state. China, Brazil and Malaysia became great economic powers through the micro and small enterprises, and their economy is still based on it. The most dangerous thing in Egypt is the interference of the army in the economy and competing with the private sector though all the army institutions are exempted from taxes, electricity and water fees and outside the control of Central Auditing Organization. Such interference of the army affected the economy badly and led to an increase in unemployment in Egypt. We could benefit from such experiences and the army has to leave the economy and concentrate on military and arms factory that will bring better benefit than pasta and cement factories. The president has to listen to experts and resort to feasibility studies instead of personal decisions. He needs to listen to wise people instead of the military and the beneficiaries surrounding him. Moreover, he should stop spending on unnecessary palaces, conferences and celebrations.

Many rumors and lies target Egypt since it restored its security and stability after chaos and street war were spreading in the streets during the revolution of 25 January 2011. Enemies of the state started this war after the great achievements and steps taken by Egypt firmly in the field of development and construction with hundreds of giant national projects in order to build a new state besides the battle of economic reform and facing terrorism. When an enemy is defeated and fails to achieve its aggressive goals on the ground, it often resorts to the weapon of broadcasting lies and cheap rumors, which can be more lethal than bombs and explosive belts. Many facts are mixed with rumors and this must be faced by trust and transparency. The failure of these terrorist groups increases and their shouting on satellite channels increases. Their calls did not receive support from the Egyptian people since they know their plans, targets and dirty methods. Yes, it is time to confront Facebook terrorism, which we call the fourth generation wars and activate the deterrent laws that may stop troublemakers that threaten the unity and safety of the homeland. On the other hand comes the role of the Egyptian media to educate citizens and confront the enemies of the country by argument and proof and focus on the achievements made in all fields. Egypt will remain great and by its people and civilization.