Receiving Bad News

Have you ever had someone bring you really bad news? It was so bad that when you heard it your stomach immediately became upset. You went into a crisis mode. You just become stone. It is as if the world has struck you with the news that the World is coming to an end. Well, I have…

I once received news that brought such fear upon me I could hardly stand up. In the dawn of the matter, the mind so confined to the box that the mind seems to be stuck in it. Within the struggle, life becomes Topsy-turvy. In everything that I do, the problem seems to arise in the mind. Only those close to you would understand you and say “Don’t think about it”. It’s not easy!

For guys, the normal case would be that it would be hidden away. But from the look, if you look hard enough, it’s just written there. The troubled look. For the girls, everything they do seemed to be affected. Someone once told me a joke reflecting this. It goes; a neurologist- forensic scientist once performed an autopsy upon a man and a woman.

At first, the doctor operates on the man’s brain. He was amazed to find that the brain is very neat and organized. Each of the boxes has different functions for different occasions. Among them, there is a particularly larger one. Further studies have shown that the box is the empty Box. Now the Box is linked to all the boxes.

Then, the doctor proceeds to operate the woman’s brain. He found that the woman too has many boxes in the brain, all neatly arranged. Not only so, the woman too has a big box among the boxes which links to all the boxes. Further studies have proven the box to be the problem box.

With the results, the doctor proceeds to discuss his findings with a psychologist. Immediately the psychologist was able to identify the reasons behind it. The psychologist went on explaining that when a man does a thing, after the completion, a man would always lag and do nothing for a moment before proceeding to the next agenda. Even if when he faces a problem the man would stone for a moment and leave the empty box and proceed to the following agenda and doing it without much disruption.

Meanwhile, for a woman, if she faces a problem, she seems to be troubled and in everything she does, it will be problematic.

(Disclaimer: This joke is strictly for entertainment purpose. I sincerely apologize if any party is annoyed by it.)

In dealing with bad news, my personal experience is that I pray~ I truly return to the ever Almighty one. Asking for wisdom, strength and courage to face the challenge. Today, if you are ever burdened with any problem, perhaps you have turned right, left, front and back for answers. Feeling down, looking down, you might just have to lift your face and seek the answers from above. I strongly recommend praying~