From the end of 2019 till now, the world seems to have become worse and worse: the COVID-19 variants are evolving constantly; lockdowns, meltdowns and shutdowns are taking place here and there; monkeypox is looming larger; with Russia/Ukraine conflict, Syria Conflict, Yemen Conflict, Gaza Conflict, etc., wars are never far from us and we are constantly threatened by nuclear weapons; bad news keeps coming out of financial markets, and even the investment God, Warren Buffet lost 3000 billion dollars in the last quarter; businesses are falling into recession, a lot of restaurants and shops having been closed down; college graduates can’t find jobs while a large number of middle-aged people are out of employment; natural disasters like heat waves, melting glaciers, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, mudslides, floods and tsunamis are destroying houses, towns and lives; gun violence, racial discrimination, Asian hatred, and bullying of women and children are getting more and more out of control.
Every day some horrible news enters my eyes and my already fragile nerves are tightened once again. If the Third World War is going to take place, why bother to work so hard? If the nuclear bombs are destroying the world soon, I should eat my favourite food, watch movies online every day or spend up all my money travelling and having fun instead of working hard as a donkey. Whenever I feel that the world is getting worse, it's difficult for me to keep striving.
But is it true that the world has become a worse place? Was the past better than now? Are human beings now worse than those in the past? The answer is definitely NO.
Compared to the past, we enjoy an era of unprecedented prosperity, freedom, modernization, democracy, and justice. (Dueto my lazy tiredness, I have skipped the evidence of how dark and ugly the past was.)
This is not only a fact but a significant belief.
To prepare myself for a better future, I get up every day full of passion, eat healthy food, exercise, treat people generously, and do my work conscientiously.
Being optimistic and positive is quite powerful and energizing; whereas, being pessimistic and negative is frustrating and poisonous. A beautiful perspective of reality and a belief in a better tomorrow empower and motivate us.
My ideal state of being would be to carry on, as usual, the healthful routine that includes healthy eating, exercising, adequate sleep, reading and writing, working, and most importantly, loving even if tomorrow would be the end of the world.
PS. My exercise yesterday include swimming for 40 minutes and biking 4 kilometres.
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