true courage..?

watched a small segment of the above said show, and i found something funny. i mean, i don't mean to laugh at the people in the show. they struggle with themselves when they're prolly at the lowest point in their lives, and "they showed true courage".. yeah.

but in this particular episode, something struck me. some people, at some points in their lives, can feel that their lives are nothing but shit - but upon seeing other people who are in deeper shit than themselves, they feel better and, happy even, that they are in relatively better state than them. is this true courage, when you derive this strength from others? others who are worse off than yourself?

i mean, yeah, it's human nature to only compare, and feel better, that things could have been worse, upon seeing, well, people in worse situations.

but to reflect true courage, i don't think you need to see others who are worse off, to feel better about yourself. you pick your pieces up yourself. not many can do that. i don't think i'm capable, if i'm in any of the true courage characters' situations.

but ya, there's always room for more shit in life.

like -

1) you found out that your guy had been cheating on you. with your best friend.
- and also, with your twin sister.

2) you've a hot date and you're wearing your white dress, and you're running late.
- but your period decides to be early. and decorate your dress with a red flower.

3) you've stepped on dog poo.
- and you slipped, and fell on the poo that the same dog decided to poop, again, after 10 seconds.

4) you brought the wrong textbook to an open book exam.
- but only realized that after 1 hour of flipping frantically through the book. (this is for real, and contributed by my really suay friend)

5) you fell down in front of the guy you fancy.
- and your skirt became like an overturned brolly, and went up above your waist, showing your comfortable gramma undies, as you lay splayed on the floor. (this is true life too)

6) your pc decides to crash when you're rushing through a report due to the next day.
- and you didn't save it since you start your intro. (this happened too often on me. but yah, no more essays!)

7) you're late for your meeting at work.
- the meeting is about you being sacked.

8) you're in a crowded bus and a pack of sweaty muddy rowdy schoolboys in their murky PE uniform are just beside you.
- the bus jerked and you fell on them. and so for the rest of the day, you smell just like one of them.

9) a kind soul tried to give up his seat to you, but another person dashed to it like it's musical chairs.
- and the kind soul shouted "i'm giving my seat to the pregnant lady here!" the thing is... you're not pregnant.

10) your pants are torn at the butt. cos prolly you put on weight.
- not prolly, but you put on weight. cos your undies even tore too.

see. life can always get shittier.

(and why does shit falls on some people only? to build character, and mind strength. and why do we need character and mind strength? to prepare for more shit. HAHAHA.)