Speechless ...

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He called and told me he has a serious heart problem

and started explaining it then said that he

might have a heart attack any minute!

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How did I react?

What did I tell him?

a comforting word?

something to give him hope?

give him strength?

make him think and feel positive?

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No!

I was speechless :/

I didn't know what to say!

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There are moments in life when I get speechless

I hear bad news

I get shocked

sad

I can cry with someone crying

I can cry even if the person is not crying

instead of being strong for someone

I can’t say a word

I hide myself and avoid facing that person

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It is embarrassing
I think it makes them feel like I am not helping at all
Or that I don’t care!

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This makes me remember when my friend's sister

died years ago

Days later my friend told me

"Ra-1 you cried more than I did"

I looked at her, and thought

I should have been stronger

I even remember going to her house right after the accident and I stood near the door looking at her and my friends were pushing me to go hug her

I was scared I wanted to run away and not see her like that

I don't know why I do that :/

but everyone react differently when hearing bad news

right?

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