The power of faith

If you ask any Brazilian; 'How are you doing?' the Brazilian will always answer; 'I am doing great Thanks the Lord!'.
I am still to find any other nation that replies to a simple greeting quesiton with such faith and gratetude.
Once the french editor of the Vogue magazine was asked upon her return to Paris from a trip to Brazil What was the best of Brazil and she replied; 'The joy and faith of the people. I visited people in the favelas whom have nothing to be happy or celebrate but even in such poor conditions they laugh, and enjoy life and have FAITH things will get better'.
And if I had to describe Brazilian(S) in few words I would say; Joyful, Happy and Faithful.
Doesn't matter how many troubles or challenings we are going through; you have always this natural and instictied feeling that somehow God will look after you and everything will be fine. Even the ateists usually answer the famours; How are you, question by saying; Great thanks The Lord.
Some people have - along my life in Europe - approached me and said that my acertative way comes accross as arrogance. Yes, I feel very confident (positive I would say) and I do have a good self-steem (that took me two decades to built) but more than that (and mostly important) I have the best asset a man could ever have; FAITH. I truly believe that Things will be fine. Doesn't matter how many challenges you might have at the present moment believe you will make it through. Believe in God, Allah, Budah, in the Universe, in the God that lives within you...whatever your religion might be, believe that things will always get better because they will. As it's part of life in the earth to have problems and challenges - as they are tests exams - it's also part of life to solve those problems.challenges. Mainly because we were created to overcome those challenges and progress and evolve by learning from it.
I can't stand the english way of answering; 'I am not too bad'. Although I understand such answer could be a polite and respectful way to answer someone I still believe that there's nothing more powerful than the positive thinking and the gratitude for being alive, in earth, another day. Doesn't matter what problems/challenges you might be going through you can always be greateful for have being given another day in earth to try and evolve your being.

Next time when someone ask; How are you doing. Simply reply with a big and wide smile; I am wonderful, Thanks the Lord and you'll see how much your life will change for better!