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T A S N I M E

E L - N A S H A R
“WHAT WE KNOW IS BETTER THAN WHAT

WE DON’T KNOW”

The universe is changing. The earth is changing. The world is This character minimizes the bad things or pretends that it
changing. Material and moral things are also changing. We doesn ’ t exist just because there is only one positive thing in this
change, but we rarely like to change. place and the disaster is that the positive thing is an illusion
that
Sometimes change represents for us a strong
doesn ’ t exist but she is the one who chose to believe in his
enemy that cannot be overcome, we are afraid of change, afraid
existence so that there is a justification for her to accept the
of the unknown, afraid of the idea of replacing a situation we
harm and pressure of this thing.
are used to, afraid of trying something new and we always stick Unfortunately, the fate of this character is often the constant
to the saying "what we know is better than what we don ’ t
suffering, as she always feels unstable without knowing the
know" while most of the time what we don ’ t not know becomes
reason.
better. What we do not know is salvation and is the necessary

new beginning. Psychologists agree that change is important Moving to the second character, which uses the concept of
and essential in our lives and that it is good for our mental
change in small things without big and fateful she is ready to
health.
bear the consequences of a simple change such as trying a new

taste of ice cream and if she doesn't like it the maximum
The change here is about replacing anything with something punishment and bad result would be that this taste is bad and
else, changing situations, changing the way of thinking,
she won ’ t try it again but she won ’t be able to end her
changing workplaces and areas, changing the field of study, but
relationship with one of her friends for fear of not finding like
what is important is to be at all our own will and awareness to
him as if he was the last piece in this life. This character is like
be the one who understood the current situation and that we a person who resorts to analgesics, she uses what is caused by
want to replace it with others and not that change has been
the simple change in herself because she doesn ’ t want to face
imposed on us and we have no choice but to accept it. Change is
her need for radical change and often the situation worsens
required in every big and small thing in life, required in all
with time and requires change but with greater consequences
respects and areas. and losses. Finally the third character, who can overcome her fears
about the unknown, can realize that nothing is the last piece of his
We are in front of three types of characters and their kind and that there is always the best, is the one who realized that
relationship to change, there are those who refuse to change, we are here in this life to change either to choose the right choice
and being happy or to choose the bad one that would help us to
and those who accept it in small things only without the big,
learn and increase our experiences, psychologists see that this kind
and finally those who have the
of people cannot bear a situation that doesn ’ t like him or hurt him,
courage to stand at any moment in their life and in the face of
he immediately realizes and always be ready to accept the idea of
any situation he doesn ’ t like and say "I must now look for the
changing it. It is often advanced by steps, prepared for any renewal
best". Each one of them has his convictions and his point of
and surprise. /We are a combination of the three characters
view, but not all of them are willing to see life from another
and it isn ’t unusual to be in a period belonging to the first type and
point of view The first character is the routine personality,
another for the third type putting in consideration the surrounding
which doesn ’ t accept change and even afraid of it, hasn ’ t yet
environment and
reached its importance and its charming influence in the most
circumstances, but we tend most of the time to one of them.
delicate things, is afraid of the unknown, to try something new
and fail, to lose what she has now without the certainty that she
All of this is on a personal or micro-level,
will find the best. She refuses to try something else just because
but it also turns on the collective movement and the macro level of
she isn ’ t used to it, such as trying a recipe she used to, but in
social, political and economic life, since most people fear of change
another cooking way, she refuses to change the d écor of her until they aren ’ t interested or demand a change in the systems and
routines of political life, what we have to know is that change in the
home or change the places of two things with each other and
government system is important and that it is no less important than
therefore it won ’t be strange on the professional level to refuse
any change in individual and personal life.
to change the field of work even if she doesn ’t feel completely
What we really have to know is that "what we don ’ t know may be
comfortable or even change the place of work itself.
much better than what we know."
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