Everyone has been embarrassed at
one time or another. It is that moment in time when you wish the earth would
open up and swallow you. The anxiety and discomfort felt during that time which
may only last a few seconds feels like time has stood still.
I remember so well when I had my
most embarrassing moment. I was in Form 3 and it was during the school recess.
The minute the bell rang for recess, I rushed to the toilet. I didn’t want to
miss class because the lesson taught that morning was to include tips for the
forthcoming examination.
After come back from toilet, I had
rushed to the class. The prolonged control and an upset stomach made worse by
two glasses of cold milk in the morning. I thought I heard giggling at back and
wondered why the giggles sounded unusually. A few minutes later I aware I
rushed into a wrong class. To make matters worse, the few girls siting at back
didn’t even turn away when I came out. Instead they looked down at me, then
only they turned quickly away.
They news of my difficulty
spread like wild fire throughout school. I felt like I could either walk around
feeling continued self-conscious and embarrassed or I could turn the situation
round, perhaps even to my advantage. I remembered my sister’s words that ‘if
you can’t beat them, join them’. So I decided to make fun of myself, to laugh
at myself too. It works. Everyone got bored after a while and nobody teased me
after that.
It was indeed an eye-opening
experience for me. I have learn that when people laugh at you, you should
laugh along. You must not take yourself seriously. Learn to look at yourself
through other people’s eyes and you will realize that most of the time when
they laugh at you, they just want to have some fun. They mean no harm. If you
can make people laugh, it’s like bringing sunshine into their lives and as
someone said, ‘those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it
from themselves.’
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