[Grem] 10 tips for peace and happiness from Pope Francis

[Emoke Greschik]

>From Pope Francis: 10 tips for peace and happiness Pope offers advice in
his latest magazine interview

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the pope listed his Top 10 tips for bringing greater joy to one's life:

1. "Live and let live." Everyone should be guided by this principle, he
said, which has a similar expression in Rome with the saying, "Move forward
and let others do the same."

2. "Be giving of yourself to others." People need to be open and generous
toward others, he said, because "if you withdraw into yourself, you run the
risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid."

3. "Proceed calmly" in life. The pope, who used to teach high school
literature, used an image from an Argentine novel by Ricardo Guiraldes, in
which the protagonist -- gaucho Don Segundo Sombra -- looks back on how he
lived his life. "He says that in his youth he was a stream full of rocks
that he carried with him; as an adult, a rushing river; and in old age, he
was still moving, but slowly, like a pool" of water, the pope said. He said
he likes this latter image of a pool of water -- to have "the ability to
move with kindness and humility, a calmness in life."

4. "A healthy sense of leisure." The pleasures of art, literature and
playing together with children have been lost, he said. "Consumerism has
brought us anxiety" and stress, causing people to lose a "healthy culture
of leisure." Their time is "swallowed up" so people can't share it with
anyone. Even though many parents work long hours, they must set aside time
to play with their children; work schedules make it "complicated, but you
must do it," he said. Families must also turn off the TV when they sit down
to eat because, even though television is useful for keeping up with the
news, having it on during mealtime "doesn't let you communicate" with each
other, the pope said.

5. Sundays should be holidays. Workers should have Sundays off because
"Sunday is for family," he said.

6. Find innovative ways to create dignified jobs for young people. "We need
to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities they will
get into drugs" and be more vulnerable to suicide, he said. "It's not
enough to give them food," he said. "Dignity is given to you when you can
bring food home" from one's own labor.

7. Respect and take care of nature. Environmental degradation "is one of
the biggest challenges we have," he said. "I think a question that we're
not asking ourselves is: 'Isn't humanity committing suicide with this
indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature?'"

8. Stop being negative. "Needing to talk badly about others indicates low
self-esteem. That means, 'I feel so low that instead of picking myself up I
have to cut others down,'" the pope said. "Letting go of negative things
quickly is healthy."

9. Don't proselytize; respect others' beliefs. "We can inspire others
through witness so that one grows together in communicating. But the worst
thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyzes: 'I am talking with
you in order to persuade you,' No. Each person dialogues, starting with his
and her own identity. The church grows by attraction, not proselytizing,"
the pope said.

10. Work for peace. "We are living in a time of many wars," he said, and
"the call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression
of being quiet, but it is never quiet, peace is always proactive" and
dynamic.

Full Story: In latest interview, Pope Francis reveals top 10 secrets to
happiness Source: Catholic News Service

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