One
fine afternoon, I had a chat with my good friend about her worries in
the coming months, such as her status in her new life in Australia, her
relationship status with her Aussie boyfriend, her career in her
company, and many other to name a few.
At first
I was blissfully unaware of her worries but as she stated one by one
her problems that is coming her way, it made clear to me that
uncertainty of her future is brewing in the horizon. In a nutshell, to her it'll be either success or
fail, happiness or sadness, stone or no stone, 1 or 0, to gain all or
to lose all.
Overwhelmed with her problems and
pressured from the support responsibilities of my job, all I could reply
to her was a straight-forward cliche of "you shouldn't worry, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY."
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY...
Is it??????
The moment it left me, it echoed
in my mind how a failure of a friend I am to her when I blurted that
out. That all I could say to her is an assurance, based on nothing, that
everything will be fine. In which, by all honesty, I don't know how it
will turn out to be okay. It's as if I just told her that just to shut
her up, which is not my intention. What my intention is to make her feel
secured no matter what happens in the end. I guess, I chose the wrong
words.
EVERYTHING
IS GOING TO BE OKAY... doesn't show sympathy or care towards my friend
who probably is being mentally tortured by the negative thoughts in her
mind, whether or not it is self-induced.
So Mamang (our nickname/pet name to her),
I may not have the answer to your problems and I may not give the most
sensible advice to quench all your worries, but sweetie, let me take
back my words and say this. I don't know what will happen, whether life
will favor you or screw you, I will be standing or sitting beside you,
drinking away your happiness or sadness like we always do.
I promise you, no matter what happens, I WILL BE HERE...
5 comments:
what I do most of the time is reverse psychology. Though it's harsh, it brings out the inner tiger of te person and prove me wrong. :)
Lucky Mamang coz she got you;)
@Mr. Chan, I do play the Devil's Advocate most of the time during discussion, crushes and almost everything it's just that she needs security this time.
@Mayet, I'm also lucky to have her friendship. Thanks!
@Mr. Chan, I do play the Devil's Advocate most of the time during discussion, crushes and almost everything it's just that she needs security this time.
@Mayet, I'm also lucky to have her friendship. Thanks!
makes sense :( i always say "everything is going to be okay" but then its not the best advice. i learned from you, thanks. :)
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