Reality Check

From derrach.blogspot.com

I had a chance today to talk to some students about life, God, faith and stuff like that. I chose to talk about a subject that some of us have come to completely loose our grip on...REALITY. Don't worry, I'm not about to "preach" so you can keep reading - it's safe - at least I think so.

I brought with me to this little chat a list of reality shows in the US. Would you believe that the list was 16 pages long? I though, oh my gosh...that's a ton of shows. From the ever classic (only 6 years old now) SURVIVOR to the zany SURREAL LIFE and even some parenting reality on SUPERNANNY, this list had 'em all. It's kinda funny how we all look at reality now. It's like this: my life isn't spectacular...a camera crew following me would be bored...I do "normal" things living in my "normal" world that no one would be impressed with...this sense of reality that I have isn't doing it for me at all so I'll just watch a bunch of other people's "reality" to see how awesome it would be to live like them.

I just want to say that whatever is REALITY for us "normal" people is probably more REALITY than anyone on these shows might experience. Really, really...reality is that I am who I am today, and not who I was yesterday, nor am I yet who I will be tomorrow but... I'm continuing on in this reality and making the most of life. Not living to denying who I am or where I am or what I'm going through but looking at it all dead in the face and accepting that it's my reality. Can it change? Of course. Can I change? Absolutely. What's gonna get me there? Don't know, maybe a REALITY CHECK......