When The World Seems OUT OF CONTROL

When The World Seems OUT OF CONTROL

Still raw from our collective experiences from that harrowing Covid-19 pandemic, many of us [Ukraine, Palestine, even the hotly contested West Philippine Sea] to name a few countries] seem to be helplessly watching WHAT may be brewing and leading towards a Third World War, God forbid with the current ISRAEL-IRAN War.  And WHILE NOT of this magnitude, inflation is raging, causing and triggering everything from food prices to gasoline pump prices rapidly going up.  When The World Seems OUT OF CONTROL📗📙📘

Even the stock markets are down.  Nasdaq, Dow Jones, even the Malaysia Bursa are all eating dusts as the stock markets have been plunging and people are worrying that the out-of-control inflation could severely impact their economies, a huge spoiler after everyone's efforts in rebuilding from the depths and abyss of that recent virus outbreak.  And that uncertainty CERTAINLY LOOKS CERTAIN as it seems to last for the foreseeable future, God forbid, Insyaallah.  SO WHAT'S NEXT for us???

BUT hold on dude, at the very least, we got two options on the table.  Obviously, the first option is for us to let all the unpleasantness overwhelm us, whew!@#$%?  With that, we'll spend the day doomscrolling through social media, feeling that lethargy and depressed over the state of the world and how unfair everything could be to us given that most of us have given it our best shot as we grind day-in day-out✅✅✅

BUT hold your breath though.  Let's flip the coin and we got on hand an alternative which we can find to be practical and ease things up as we cope up with the harsh realities surrounding us.  And to deal with and conquer such fears, anxiety and stress, let's dip deeply into our arsenal to pluck out that resilience within us, that process of adapting and overcoming obstacles in the face of adversity.  It involves getting KNOCKED DOWN [surely] BUT we should never miss out that we do possess that INNER POWER to get up again, pick up the pieces and grow from that experience, hard and harrowing it may be at times.  NO sirrrrrs, it's NOT just about the war between Russia and Ukraine, OR between Israel and Hamas.  We need that skill WHEN we get laid off, WHEN we are forced to return to work [against our will], OR WHEN we feel that intense pressure [whether at home OR at work] having to contend WHEN the stars are NOT aligned in our favor😀😀😀

Our takeaway:  The very existence of the term 'CONTROL FREAK' indicates our need for control can go too far BUT psychologists insist that humans naturally want to feel that they're steering their own ship, that deep-seated desire for certainty and control.  So, we shouldn't be surprised if so many measures of our collective mental health are heading in the wrong direction these days.   BUT given that the world we live in looks unlikely to grow less crazy anytime soon, does that mean we're doomed to be miserable until our lives feel more comfortable?  DON'T give up though as researches show that WHILE we may NOT always be in control, at the ver least we can control our reaction to it and that should make a world of difference dude!!!