Life is not a TV show

Life is not a TV show
As obvious as that sounds, it's a little more complicated than I had originally believed
Times have been tough these days and perseverance has been lacking on my part, and ironically, it's through these times that I'm realizing more and more how completely ridiculous it is compare our lives to TV and vice-versa.
Every show has an introduction to the plot of the show, and then there's the climax, and then there's a conclusion at the end. In that way, yes, life is kind of like a TV show, but that's about it.
We are all born, live life, and then pass away. That's where the comparisons end.

Finding a new job has been difficult, to say the least. It's my faith in the Father, that keeps me motivated and not in Korea....
It's through this time that I really thought i was on a TV show of some sort.. a Truman Show kind of story (yes i know the Truman Show itself was a movie, but it was about a TV show...)
I felt like the story was going to be about me finding a job after going through different trials and tribulations, and after going through all of that, after having learned the "lesson of the day" that i was on my way to a happy ending... or death...whichever came first
But it's not that cut and dry
I'm reminded of an episode of scrubs (yes, i understand the irony of perhaps this whole blog)
A comedy writer is diagnosed with cancer, the hospital needs money, and all these other problems occur, we are then taken to a dream sequence, where the man who has cancer actually doesn't because they had accidentally gotten the names mixed up, the hospital gets the money they're looking for by having a talent show where the exact amount of money needed is the prize money, and of course, they win.
Reality then sets, and the man still has cancer and passes away, the hospital can't come up with the money so they have to let go of someone, and to get away from his problems, JD ends up just watching TV.
This episode is one of my favorite episodes of Scrubs.

What i'm trying to say is, so many times, i try to look at my life as a tv show, and so i convince myself that at the end of it, as long as i've learned a lesson, the show is over for the day and everyone goes home happy.
I don't think life works that way, definitely not that easily

I think a lot of us WANT our lives to be a TV show, a drama, where we can be the hero, where we can be the victim that wins at the end, where we can be that girl or guy who ends up with "the one"
We seek these things because our life is the complete opposite of what "life" should be on TV
I've caught myself believing that I was the good guy, that in the end, I'm gonna get the girl, i'm gonna get that happy ending, that i'm gonna get that crucial life lesson that makes me figure out the solution to that days problems and worries.
And then reality sets, God is not creating a TV show with our lives, there is no live audience watching our every step if i simply walk off stage
God has a plan for us to live out, we are to be a part of His will, not the other way around (whoa... life lesson... or is it?)

I feel like if my life were a TV show, i think i would have figured it out by now.

I think i broke the record for most times in a blog using the word "TV"
haha

Had a very encouraging lunch with a good brother today.... much needed time of hearing good words of wisdom and encouragement... need more of those in life...

Take care