In summary
If you happen to be my girl, you tell me something and you receive no response at all, don’t think i have not listened or understood you. The processing of information inside me is totally invisible. It happens in a black box, don’t be fooled by my face. smiling does not mean excitement, frowning does not mean disapproval. Heart, face and mind don’t always work in unison. They usually works with chains of command.
Good news gives us health
Good news is healthy to our bones but bad news is rottenness of bones. Good news gives healthy to our souls. Off course we were never made to be receiving bad news, we were never wired that way, that is why bad news makes us feel very bad, causes emotional stress and creates anxieties in us. Bad news disturbs our inner peace and cause us be very troubled, and it depends on magnitude of the news and for sure constant receiving of bad news will cause you mental disturbances and mental health which will be reflected on your physical wellbeing.
And the world is full of bad news. When you switch on your TV, you are almost guaranteed that some bad news will slap you on the face. Off course media specializes on broadcasting bad news ignoring good news. The fact that a large population of the world has mental problems could be traced back to the news they received daily.
Wisdom of the wise
You cannot surround yourself with people that only provide negative news and expect to have good health.
If i can quote the words of the wise King Solomon, ” The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly“. This shows how important words can be to us. Sometimes the words we hear can feel like sharp objects that have pierced our bodies. Some people uses words as weapons against other people, and words are effective weapons:;
In Another place in his proverbs, King Solomon said that “The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as flowing brook“. (proverbs 18:4). This shows that words can cause refreshing of souls.
Again it is said ” As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country”.
All this sayings and many other i will not mention here emphasis the importance of good news to human being.
corrupted world
The man’s corrupted nature has caused man to receive bad news constantly, making presence of good news very rare in his life. We have taken care of material things and what we need to have soo much so that we are rarely happy. We rarely sends each other greeting cards or send our friends petty gifts just for fun. We are constantly chasing the bag, and ignore the people that don’t seem to help us chase the it. However we are surrounded by news of economic depression, high cost of living and inflation. The more we earn, the more we spend, and our pursuit of happiness looks like an illusion. Good news are rare and crowded with bad ones.
The news from social medial about school our friends flashing their success constantly reminds us of what we don’t have and sparks worry and discontent within us, we then worry more and create less and it makes our miseries more complicated.
Each day we wake up to news of terror attacks, outbreak of diseases, boom blasts, fire, train crash, plane crash, fatal car accidents, crime, murder, homicides, rape, child trafficking and the list is long. All this affects us because the designer of our planet never expected, or rather did not anticipate we will have all this things with us. Our brains were designed to work and live in happiness, that is why happy people prospers more than people surrounded by negativity.
what about me?
On my part, don’t expect me to jump up and down and scream when i received good news. I don’t show emotions. I can frown on good news but my heart is happy. It is wrong when you judge me by the face am wearing. When am tired, good news will not brighten my face at once. But it will take sometimes before i show my excitements. I will receive good news and never react at all, and if you are a woman that is giving me the news, you will wonder and be confused with my reaction. This is because am not very fast in emotional reactions, the mind has to approve the information it has received meaning it will process it, question the authenticity of the news, question the source, question the bearer of the news and takes sometimes to accommodate the reality of having something significant happening in my life.
But don’t judge me. I have faced many difficulties and nothing really excites me. I have observed and tasted life in many scenarios and noted that nothing really matters. I have seen riches and have been broke, have received love and have been rejected. Have received bad and good news with equal measure. So all life experiences have left my heart numb, never reacting to issues, but for sure, i will respond to whatever i receive, soon or later.
If you happen to be my girl, you tell me something and you receive no response at all, don’t think i have not listened or understood you. The processing of information inside me is totally invisible. It happens in a black box, don’t be fooled by my face, smiling does not always mean excitement and frowning does not mean disapproval. Heart, face and mind don’t always work in unison. They usually works with chains of command. The brain takes its time to consider and process the information it receives, This can take few minutes, few hours or even few weeks depending on what information is processed. If the mind agrees with what it receives, it gives it to the heart that stores the copy of the information. The algorithms used in information processing in males is complex and hidden. Am one of the males:;
If am told that i have earned a jack point of a million dollars, i will not be excited at once, i will first try to relate my life with somebody that is a millionaire. I will envision myself in a lifestyle of having more money than i need, create mental images of what i should buy and places i will go. Create mental images of people my new success will attract, examine the dangers involved, examine the challenges and then come back to my reality right now. I will ask myself, ” Is it a plank or reality?”, the doubts in me will keep me from celebrating right away. But when the mind proves that it is a reality, i will keep the good news to the heart and after few days my face may start glowing, and the joy in heart will be evident.
