Ali Atwi-Happiness

Name: Ali Atwi Journal entry#2 Happiness Dalai Lama said, “Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.” It isn’t easy to do something difficult with happiness, but if you are an AUB Red Cross member, you will do it easily. This is what happened with me in the Red Cross camp on February 1st and 2nd in Joun which is near Saida. First of all, we went from AUB to South Lebanon ,and we had a lot of fun on the way. After about an hour, we reached that place named Almokhales Monastery. After that ,we went to our bedrooms , and everyone put his clothes in the perfect place. Moreover, we were a big group from USAID scholarship ,and this made our days wonderful. In addition, we had a big training related to our life skills. It was about communication, time management, team work, and work with children. It was so beneficial because then I became able to deal with children, and I knew many ways to save my time; I also learned the importance of communication. Besides, we weren’t only doing training; we did a lot of games and entertainment activities such as playing cards, craftworks, and the rally paper game. Among those games was the rally paper game, a very challenging game that helped us to use our mind logically . Above all, the most important thing in the camp was that I had then more than 120 friends from AUB ,and that was the amazing result of that camp because we needed each other to live; maybe in the future, I would need some help with fulfilling the requirements of my courses. Who could predict ? . All such things made me say that we could build our happiness ,and I learned that everything difficult we would pass by our smiles;we should be in pursuit of continuous happiness as long as we are alive.