How To Deliver Bad News In a Fortune Reading
“Dr. Honeybrew, will you see anything bad in my Turkish coffee fortune reading?”
I can not tell you how many time I get this asked prior to the start of every Turkish Coffee Room ceremony in NYC. But that is OK — because I understand with all of my heart why this is such a prevalent question from my guests.
We all want happiness, security, and love in our lives. That’s not hard to figure out. So any potential threat to these necessities leaves us reeling in anxiety. Therefore, I am stoically aware that the fashion in which bad news are conveyed in a fortune reading can make the world’s difference in elevating or plummeting one’s spirits.
And the aim of Turkish coffee fortune reading is to always to extract the positive out of the negative.
We always want to elevate — capeesh?
First, let’s examine a redundant question.
What is “bad”?
The word typically invokes dislike within ourselves. Things that cause us hurt & pain. Our lives are spent avoiding “bad” as we darn should. And why? We are one or two simple decisions away from being heartbroken, homeless, or even dead. Exaggeration? I don’t believe so. The fabric of reality that we take for granted is as fickle as as dime on the ground.
I can say this because I’ve experienced it myself.
Each of us will experience at least one breakthrough moment in our lives caused by a barrage of “bad” that rush towards us with unrelenting force. What do they say? When it rains, it pours. Corny, but true.
But after every torrential storm - I assure - the sun arises.
In 2017, the restaurant where I lovingly waited tables at hired a new boss. This boss masterfully eviscerated every ounce of security in myself with her famous micromanagement style. I was so emotionally and physically drained by the end of my work tenure, that I left the restaurant job without even giving a two weeks notice.
A few short months later, I found out about my partners infidelity. Devastating. And a few days after that, I got an eviction.
These string of tragedies seem comical now even to myself. But back then, everything that I had known to be true — my sense of self, livelihood, shelter, and relationship — all got pulled under my feet like a Turkish rug.
So the next 6 months of my life proved to be a metamorphosis. This is when Dr. Honeybrew was born. Through this cursed mental anguish and spiritual malign, I had no choice to open my eyes and question everything going wrong in my life without blaming any external factors.
Essentially, I began to grow up.
In honor of my father’s recent passing, I began to offer Turkish Coffee fortune readings to anyone and everyone around the city. These complimentary Turkish coffee fortune readings, coupled with my newly discovered passion for free style dancing, were supreme breakthroughs in allowing my new life philosophy to spring forward.
Kindness kindness kindness. But truth truth truth as well.
We require the bad in our lives to grow. No pain no gain. This life philosophy that I speak of is that there is no bad. Because bad always leads to good. Always, always, always. All lemons can be made into lemonade. Thanks Beyoncé!
Even if I see something bad in your cup, I promise to reveal it in a fashion that will make you smile — or your money back!
But listen. I also understand it isn’t a cake walk to appreciate our misgivings and misfortunes. It requires tons of personal work and quite frankly — age, time. and experience too. So, you may just have to wait a bit and ride the ride of life to find out.
The true work lies from within, just as much the future can provide.
Summarization - Top 3 tips by Dr. Honeybrew when reading Turkish coffee fortune in New York City
Always Say What You See
If You Say Something Bad Then You Must Also Say The Good Arriving After The Bad. There Is Always Good With The Bad.
If You See The Bad, Then You Must Also Be Able To See The Good. If You Can’t, Then Don’t Become A Fortune Teller.
