Today on Oprah I watched this story about this lady (I forgot her name, it was really long) who grew up in Zimbabwe and really longed to go to school, although school was only for the boys. So she envied her brother who did and did his homework for him etc and when was 11, had to be married off to some guy who went on to abuse her. And some kind soul from some humanitarian organization came by a few years later and asked these women what their dream was and it somehow inspired this lady to dream because she simply thought she was undeserving of a dream.
So she wished that she could go to the States to study and get her bachelor's degree, her master's degree and her phD. She wrote these dreams on some paper, kept in a tin and buried it underground and true enough, all her dreams came true. She was at the time of the show, about to complete her phD.
It dawned upon me then that, here I was, struggling to complete my degree and this lady who had ALL the odds against her made it all the way to her phD. She was living in absolute poverty, was abused etc and upon moving to the states, juggled 2 jobs, 5 kids and an abusive husband and yet managed to complete her studies!!!!!! I'm in total shock and awe like HOW in heavens did she do all of that despite the fact that her life was so damn difficult.
My life is pretty cut out for me! And yet I am struggling. Gosh! If anything, I feel ashamed and appalled that I've not taken whatever that I'm blessed with and turned it into a magnificent story like this. Sigh! So yes, sometimes Oprah makes you feel horrible X_X
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