When something embarrassing happens, there's only one thing to do. Put your head down and wait for the storm to pass. When I turned 18, I was under the impression that I knew all there was to know about life and decided to broaden my horizons and move overseas for a working holiday. The plan was two years, the reality was a week. Yes, a whole seven days, mostly spent crying and missing home. So I hopped on the next flight out of there and came home to face the people I had bragged to. It was the most embarrassing moment of my life, I could share a few other whoppers with you but I really don't feel strong enough to even express them, my head is still very low, dodging bullets on those ones.
So when I read a story about a man that was caught doing the nasty with a married woman and decided to climb out onto the ledge, when her husband happened to come home, I couldn't help but feel so very sorry for him. To make matters worse, he was naked and filmed by a neighbour. This happened in China, so you can imagine how much sympathy they feel for him. He's been shunned by his communities and even mocked about the size of his penis. Ouch..... how did he handle it? He stated that he had shamed his family and that just for the record, it was a really cold day. There's no getting out of that one. My advice Sun Meng, just keep your mouth shut and ride the train to forgottenville. That's the beauty of the situation, yes he'll be remembered for his theatrics on a building ledge but someone else out there is going to make a mistake and draw attention away from this embarrassing moment.
Embarrassing moments offer us insights into who we are as people, our mistakes and our actions. For instance, I was taught,at the tender age of 18, that I wasn't as savvy and wise as I had first thought and that I needed to decide what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, and that's when I discovered my love for writing, it's been my passion since then and has allowed me to follow a career that's as challenging and exciting as I thought it would be. Every day is a new chance to express myself and my ideas while molding and shaping the words that inspire me. I can't speak for Sun Meng but I'm sure there's a valuable lesson in there somewhere, the first thing that pops into my mind, is not to dip your pen in someone else ink but who knows what he learns from this? It's really up to him to find out.
So instead of banging your head against a wall, try and find out what the universe is trying to tell you and after time, have a really good laugh about it, it's very therapeutic.
