Contest; Happy Moments

Hello dear friends, greetings to you all, hope you are all doing good!
I'm @ibraheem75 from Nigeria, I'm superb excited to participate on this amazing contest titled: "Happy Moments" organized by @sahmie @Steem4Nigeria community, So let's get straight to the point 👇.

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What was one of your happiest childhood memories, and why does it stand out to you?

Bo di Bo di eh... Sha miyar Kare eh...(Hausa lyrics...we sang this during the hide and seek)

Hide and seek play, it's a children varieties we used to play at night when the moon is shining so bright, and this kind of children play is commonly found in the villages, and for some of us who were born and brought up in the village we did that kind of play several times and is so fun, I think is one of the happiest moments ever during our childhood days, sometimes it's our parents that would come and look for us and chase us back home, and complain it's late we need to go and prepare for tomorrow activities.

Though I considered it to be standout because, it create sense of uniformity among the children and makes us happy all the time when we played together, luckily that time there was calmed no herdsmen's wahala, like current situations in Nigeria, today reverse is the case, both city and Villages you can hardly see children playing at night again, because our world today is something else, then I considered it a great moment of my life and a history that can't never be forgotten.

Can you share a recent happy moment that made you feel grateful?

Me and my students in class.

Yeah, I've had so many happy moments of recent, especially in my place of work as a teacher, there's so much joy and laughter whenever, you are around with children, especially when you ask them some questions and they tried to express themselves, hmmm it's a joy to watch the way they speak, tensions on their body, is something unexplainable.

And some of them were so eager and happy to snapped a selfie with their teachers, I considered that as a great happiness as well, and that explains teachers vs learners relationships, is the best feelings ever.

How do you think happy moments can impact our overall well-being and mental health?

Oh yes! happy moments are very significant for our overall well-being and of mental state as well,
Reasons is that happiness or happy moments helps to reduce stress and anxiety in the human body system, it reduces tensions and create relaxations as well and that's what makes it a very significant moment of our lives, it would be so good to keep our body and soul happy for our overall well-being.

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Happy moments also helps us to forget our difficult moments in life, and happiness creates so much positive memories in our life's, coz it explains our overall outlook, that's why when we are happy or excited it actually shows. Someone that doesn't smiles or is always moody tend to get older than himself.

Do you believe that happiness is a choice? Why or why not?

To be honest, to me happiness should be something that can be found in us humans if possible all the time, I know we all are going through a lot, if it's not financially it will be health challenges or many others, as the case maybe.

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Happiness should not be a choice, for you to choose to be happy, but when you know the word gratitudes, you will find every reason to be happy, because the act of gratitudes portraits all happiness, when I look around again me in particular, concerning the natures, the air I breath is enough for me to be happy.

How do you cope with difficult times to ensure you still find moments of happiness?

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I practically share my difficult moments with friends and families in other to receive support, that would help me or build me to stay positive and hope for a better days ahead, by doing so, I technically find happiness at the end of the tunnel, coz the saying always goes problem shares is a problem solved, don't die in silence, and my candid advice is that, so long we are alive, there are many reasons for us to be happy, so try to find something to hold on to and be happy. Count it all joy in all circumstances.

Thank you all for reading through my post and for your wonderful support. I appreciate 🙏.

Invitations:
@goodybest
@josepha
@owulama

Kind regards @ibraheem75.