A Tip from a Friend

A friend of mine recently broke up with his girlfriend. It has been a month and he is totally out of himself. I already told him to go see a psychiatrist but I guess he did not dig my advise and all that I can do is be with him as the days go by.

Time and time again he got himself drunk just to survive the night. I saw a clear cut path to self – destruction every time I see his face. One day, I invited him to a trip at a nearby Ecological park. The park was pretty nice. Trees everywhere, hiking, boating, picnic and swimming are the things that you can enjoy at that place.

We were hiking when the rain suddenly poured. We had to run a quarter mile for the next shed and we just got totally drenched. We waited for so long just for the rain to stop. It was falling down pretty hard that time. Then something just popped into my mind and I just blurted it out.

I told him that the rain may have been pouring down pretty hard and we got really drenched but we both know that its not going to go on forever. No matter how hard it rains, it is our choice if we want to get wet or run to the nearest shelter. What we did was run to the nearest shelter and waited for the rain to stop. Afterwards, I told him that when the rain stops then its about time that we continue with where we stopped, pick ourselves up and get moving to the top. And just like that, his attitude changed and it seemed that a little creativity of words knocked some sense into his thick head.