According to the dictionary, a crisis means a dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a person's life.
Two things could happen to you in a crisis - either you get depressed or it will show the best of you.
If I have to think of a specific crisis in my life that literally pulled me down and put me in a situation where there was nothing I could hold on but faith alone, it would have to be during the time when my father was battling with cancer. I was financially stripped. Day to day expenses was difficult. But I guess, it is through such tough times that tested not only my faith but strength and resilience as a person.
Now, I sometimes have to go back to that experience to let me think that I have been through the worse - emotionally and financially that is. That crisis actually made me realize a lot of things, and my fingers wouldn't suffice in counting. But let me mention three of them:
1. Cancer is painful. I saw how my father suffered. It breaks my heart until this day if I remember how he looked at me. He may not say a word, but all I see is his love and his pain.
Making the matter worst, the hospitalization bills were painful. I may want to give him the best medical treatment in the country, but we were financially limited.
2. Health is wealth.
I know my father to be a very workaholic person. He worked in extended hours and even worked during weekends. I thought there was nothing wrong with that. But according to a specialist we have talked to, stress is toxic to the body. It puts your blood in a high acid level.
If you want to enjoy the prime of your life, you have to take care of your health. Though stress is inevitable, we should try to balanced it out with something that relaxes our mind and body.
3. Money makes the world round. Honestly, I don't know what it means. But I have to tell you that a crisis that involves a sick in the family, you will truly do your best to come up with money. Though there is a slim chance of survival, but seeing someone you loved suffer like that, you will never know what you can do and what you can give up until you find yourself in that situation.
The experience is nothing unusual. Some people have gone through difficult situation much worst than this.
The sad truth about it all is money plays a vital role. Money shouldn't have matter. But having less of it, narrows your options. And sometimes, death comes handy. I was sad that my father died, but I was also relieved from the burden.
Two things could happen to you in a crisis - either you get depressed or it will show the best of you.
If I have to think of a specific crisis in my life that literally pulled me down and put me in a situation where there was nothing I could hold on but faith alone, it would have to be during the time when my father was battling with cancer. I was financially stripped. Day to day expenses was difficult. But I guess, it is through such tough times that tested not only my faith but strength and resilience as a person.
Now, I sometimes have to go back to that experience to let me think that I have been through the worse - emotionally and financially that is. That crisis actually made me realize a lot of things, and my fingers wouldn't suffice in counting. But let me mention three of them:
1. Cancer is painful. I saw how my father suffered. It breaks my heart until this day if I remember how he looked at me. He may not say a word, but all I see is his love and his pain.
Making the matter worst, the hospitalization bills were painful. I may want to give him the best medical treatment in the country, but we were financially limited.
2. Health is wealth.
I know my father to be a very workaholic person. He worked in extended hours and even worked during weekends. I thought there was nothing wrong with that. But according to a specialist we have talked to, stress is toxic to the body. It puts your blood in a high acid level.
If you want to enjoy the prime of your life, you have to take care of your health. Though stress is inevitable, we should try to balanced it out with something that relaxes our mind and body.
3. Money makes the world round. Honestly, I don't know what it means. But I have to tell you that a crisis that involves a sick in the family, you will truly do your best to come up with money. Though there is a slim chance of survival, but seeing someone you loved suffer like that, you will never know what you can do and what you can give up until you find yourself in that situation.
The experience is nothing unusual. Some people have gone through difficult situation much worst than this.
The sad truth about it all is money plays a vital role. Money shouldn't have matter. But having less of it, narrows your options. And sometimes, death comes handy. I was sad that my father died, but I was also relieved from the burden.
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