It is a scary word 'PANIC' and is a situation that we all confront in our lifetime. Some may be lucky to face that situation just once but some may end up panicking every day.
It is very simple to say 'Don't Panic' but the one who is facing the situation cannot follow the said advice at any cost.Life is full of unknown situations that arise day in and day out, and many times turn on the panic mode in a person with a perfectly cool temperament.
Holding your two-year-old in your arms while she is having convulsions - which mother will be able to follow the advice 'Don't Panic'?
At the hospital, the staff take her away as an emergency case and you do not know where the child is being treated and yet the other staff says 'Don't Panic'.
You find your child in ICU being pricked with needles and the medical staff say 'Don't Panic'.
Your child regains consciousness but doesn't want to lie down in bed and allow the treatment, and yet one is expected to 'NOT PANIC'.
The child wants to be in your arms continuously and you end up losing your wallet full of money and your husband says 'Don't Panic'.
What a wonderful term 'Don't Panic' whereas what one can do at such times is 'ONLY PANIC'.
But then time has its own ways to resolve all situations and then everyone is standing there saying 'I told you - Don't Panic'.
Each one knows things will change and everything will be alright - but how does one not panic in various situations that we encounter and are out of our control at a specific time?
The key is to have patience, which is a very rare and expensive virtue in any human. Can everyone be patient all the time? May not be, but all that we can do is try to be patient.
No amount of panicking is going to resolve issues, but neither is patience going to do the same. Yet, being patient is the only option - such that we do not enter any emotional turmoil and take incorrect steps.
Patience to many may seem like an alien attack at the particular time, just the way I always feel when I see things are out of my control. But, Nothing - NOTHING is any way in my control!
All I can do is 'BE PATIENT' and 'DON'T PANIC'.
