I never cease to be amazed
\nat how far away a soap opera
\nis from real life<\/p>\n
maybe that’s the reason
\nthey are all going off the air<\/p>\n
although you’d have
\na tendency
\nto think
\nthat there might be
\nsimilarities
\nthe only thing
\nthat is similar
\nis that they both
\ninvolve people…<\/p>\n
you see
\non a soap opera
\neveryone looks wonderful
\nand seems to manage life
\nwithout working
\nor struggling….<\/p>\n
on a soap opera
\nwhen a child dies
\nhe\/she will be found
\nunder a cabbage leaf
\nin years to come
\nnone the worse
\nfor wear…<\/p>\n
on a soap opera
\npeople who have surgery
\nrecover in days even minutes
\nnot weeks or months…<\/p>\n
on a soap opera
\neven the people
\nthat live on the streets
\nhave perfect pearly white teeth…<\/p>\n
on a soap opera
\npeople can contract a horrid disease
\nyet not die…<\/p>\n
on a soap opera
\npeople die
\nonly to come back
\nwith new faces\/arms\/legs\/brains…<\/p>\n
on a soap opera
\nthere’s no long term consequences
\nfor drug use
\nfor murder
\nfor theft
\nfor rape…<\/p>\n
Real life
\nis not that neat
\nor kind
\nor easy<\/p>\n
Real life
\ncontains real pain
\nboth physical and emotional<\/p>\n
real life contains
\nreal depression
\nreal anxiety
\nreal danger
\nreal addiction
\nreal consequences<\/p>\n
Real life
\nis not
\na soap opera
\nno matter how hard
\nyou try wish it so.<\/p>\n
and begging doesn’t help either<\/p>\n
Real life
\nis…<\/p>\n
real life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I never cease to be amazed at how far away a soap opera is from real life maybe that’s the reason they are all going off the air although you’d have a tendency to think that there might be similarities … Continue reading