Do any of you notice how much hype and hoopla is flowing through social media platforms and other avenues that it virtually drowns us and the barrage of information descending on us is like an avalanche, which, if a person is not careful, can fully destroy us.

But to shut out this noise and clutter, this hype, is not easy, as every turn in life a person makes, there is this deluge of information just waiting to bombard and brow-beat a person to submit meekly to the hype on display.

Since there is no choice, or no possibility of stopping this hype, as it permeates every segment and sector of society, it is best for us to learn to be on an even keel by acquiring the vital and necessary coping skills to manage the flow of hype in our lives.

You always have a choice and there are always alternatives to the various types and kinds of hype a person encounters daily in life and, the most important thing to do is to be level headed and just to acknowledge hype as nothing more than an annoyance.

Instead of getting all worked up, being irritated or angry or flying into a rage, keep a lid on your emotions, and you would find that by merely ignoring all the hype, it would also spell the death or the end of the hype from bothering us.

Don’t get troubled or disturbed by hype, don’t get hot under the collar because this would mean taking a defeatist role, as it means the hype has affected you, and this is the motive and intention of all hype to rattle, provoke and disturb your peace of mind.

-THE MALAYSIA VOICE