One event, two associations

Hello readers, I am fine. No worries. Just very sad and frustrating that something that I look fwd to since it was announced was taken from me without much warning. It was something that I tried my best to arrange it, within my means but as a Chinese saying goes "To plan is human, to succeed is Heaven". But anyway, this is not what I want to talk abt, since I have talk abt it yesterday.

Today, one of my colleague share with me something which I feel should share my thoughts with the readers and the 'future' me. One of the family member of my colleague went overseas yesterday. Now because last time when someone in her family went overseas, something very bad happened. This lead her mind to think, that this time round, something could happen. And her mind started to make up many possibilities and these possible situations become from bad to worse as she think more abt it. As usual, I offer her my opinion.

I told her, yesterday, I have a family member that also went overseas. But I did not worry about it. Not because that this family member is not important. It is just because of the interpretation of the situation that is different. Her mind being naughty associated the event that her family member once go overseas, there is a high possibility that something bad have happen. Whereas for me, my association is my family member will have a good time there and will buy something for me when she is back. =)

So I told her, as long as she starts to dis-associate this thinking that her mind has with the event. Then there is no worry to have. As always, the 'wise' one is correct, and she agrees with the wise one. Haha! Glad to be of help to her.

I hope the readers see what I am driving at. If not, just drop me a comment, and I am willing to explain more.

Cheers!