My dear English expatriate families, I know that life can be difficult sometimes, being far away from your country and standing in the sidelines while Omanis struggle or achieve success. What can I say, that has not been already said to other groups? You arrived in this country before I was born, and some of you have lived longer than I have here. I know it’s a difficult burden on you, but you are the ambassadors of civilization here, and if speaking a word of Arabic does not provide you with comfort here, it’s because we as Omanis have failed you. Your fellow expatriates in other countries are your competitors: it’s up to you to be focused and achiever greater goals than them. A person feels so huffed and puffed and mighty when he realizes that reality as about to glaze his eyes with purpose. But what is it all for, if at the end of the line, we end up re-experiencing boredom? The only defence we have for such gazetteering is that was have no choice. For purpose, when it avails itself, must be seized, allowing the remainder of the time to be used for slumber when nothing can be done. You have rubbed the lamp, now your wish is my command.
Mental health. Do we need to say any more? If you are diagnosed as mentally ill, and you do not care much for recovery, people are going to treat you as a lunatic, exposing you to the vilest aspects of life because they think you are nothing, accentuated by the fact that you debase yourself. Mental health is not a mere phenomenon, it’s a way of life. When you speak of honor, people are going to ignore you, at least those closest to you will, because it does not take into account the multifaceted aspects of mental life. I want to be the prophet of healthy living, but take caution, for surrounding yourself with wealth will destroy any mental stability you have attained. If you must make money, make money, but don’t surround yourself with people of such stature, for the sake of your emotional stability, and therefore your mental well being. Doctors, you mighty paragons of existence, I beseech you, aim for perfection, and understand that your directives for health is what creates th...
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