Are you wondering about the title of this post? I'll explain. It's actually the name of a show that I found through Youtube. The episode I saw of it was called: The Date From Hell. I was thinking that it was about a female who trusted the wrong guy who almost killed her, but it was different. It was about a couple who go on a sight seeing tour and get lost in the wilderness. It was about how they survived.
It really did actually make me cry because they were really struggling to stay alive and they were in tears themselves as they told their story. In those situations when you think you have nothing, you do have something. Hope. You just have to have it. You need it.
You can watch it HERE (date from hell), and the other one I just watched was another couple who got lost in the wilderness after they crashed their jeep. They did a smart thing. They left a note on their jeep which was found by hikers. The hikers ultimately saved them by calling a rescue team after finding the note they left. You can watch that one HERE ('til death do us part). Apparently there are at least 5 seasons and I just found out about this show.
When I get sad or think that life's not fair... I watch things like this and I say to myself... At least I'm not fighting for my life in the wilderness... Or whatever the case may be. I'll never be as bad off as other people. There are things happening in this world that I probably could never wrap my mind around. Each and every day! To thousands of people! They aren't happening to me. Or to people I love. I'm thankful for that and so fortunate that anything that comes my way could be so much worse.
I'm lucky to have been born in a place like Ottawa (despite the politics) because I could have been born in some place in Africa for example. Where people don't always have food to eat, they don't have beds or proper shelters for housing. They don't have clean water. They can't just go to the mall when they feel like getting a burger. They've never even seen a burger let alone tasted one. They can't just go to the kitchen sink when they are thirsty to get a glass of water, or to the bathroom to have a nice hot shower. Use towels to dry off with afterwards... Everything we do every day that we don't even think about is such a luxury to someone else.
I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself? Why?! All my sympathies should be for THEM. I have a roof over my head. I have food in the fridge. I have a bed to sleep on, a pillow to rest my head on. I have clothes to wear. Socks and shoes. I was fortunate to get an education. I'm fortunate that I can just go outside without being afraid that someone's going to shoot me or try to blow me up. Everything that I have makes me so fortunate and so thankful. Most of the time I feel like I don't even deserve any of this. Why is it me who is the fortunate one and not someone who deserves it? I can't answer that. I feel guilty that I have what others do not. A lot of the time when I see someone who doesn't have what I do, I feel that guilt. Sometimes I'd rather trade places with them than feel guilty and non-deserving. I guess it's hard to explain. I know that I can't help everyone. I know that I can't keep living with the weight of the world on my shoulders. I know that I'm not directly responsible for their circumstances, but I still feel guilty.
It still bothers me that people take what they have for granted and on top of that, they keep wanting more and more. Greed is the reason that kids are dying of starvation and exposure. Why can't we, as human beings, learn to be gracious? Goodness Gracious!
It really did actually make me cry because they were really struggling to stay alive and they were in tears themselves as they told their story. In those situations when you think you have nothing, you do have something. Hope. You just have to have it. You need it.
You can watch it HERE (date from hell), and the other one I just watched was another couple who got lost in the wilderness after they crashed their jeep. They did a smart thing. They left a note on their jeep which was found by hikers. The hikers ultimately saved them by calling a rescue team after finding the note they left. You can watch that one HERE ('til death do us part). Apparently there are at least 5 seasons and I just found out about this show.
When I get sad or think that life's not fair... I watch things like this and I say to myself... At least I'm not fighting for my life in the wilderness... Or whatever the case may be. I'll never be as bad off as other people. There are things happening in this world that I probably could never wrap my mind around. Each and every day! To thousands of people! They aren't happening to me. Or to people I love. I'm thankful for that and so fortunate that anything that comes my way could be so much worse.
I'm lucky to have been born in a place like Ottawa (despite the politics) because I could have been born in some place in Africa for example. Where people don't always have food to eat, they don't have beds or proper shelters for housing. They don't have clean water. They can't just go to the mall when they feel like getting a burger. They've never even seen a burger let alone tasted one. They can't just go to the kitchen sink when they are thirsty to get a glass of water, or to the bathroom to have a nice hot shower. Use towels to dry off with afterwards... Everything we do every day that we don't even think about is such a luxury to someone else.
I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself? Why?! All my sympathies should be for THEM. I have a roof over my head. I have food in the fridge. I have a bed to sleep on, a pillow to rest my head on. I have clothes to wear. Socks and shoes. I was fortunate to get an education. I'm fortunate that I can just go outside without being afraid that someone's going to shoot me or try to blow me up. Everything that I have makes me so fortunate and so thankful. Most of the time I feel like I don't even deserve any of this. Why is it me who is the fortunate one and not someone who deserves it? I can't answer that. I feel guilty that I have what others do not. A lot of the time when I see someone who doesn't have what I do, I feel that guilt. Sometimes I'd rather trade places with them than feel guilty and non-deserving. I guess it's hard to explain. I know that I can't help everyone. I know that I can't keep living with the weight of the world on my shoulders. I know that I'm not directly responsible for their circumstances, but I still feel guilty.
It still bothers me that people take what they have for granted and on top of that, they keep wanting more and more. Greed is the reason that kids are dying of starvation and exposure. Why can't we, as human beings, learn to be gracious? Goodness Gracious!
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