Secret Millionaire

There is this new show that just started this past week called 'The Secret Millionaire'. It is so inspiring. It is about a millionaire (different one each week) who goes undercover as a poor person, a bum, someone who is struggling to meet the needs of everyday life. They are placed in an extremely poor city and given $100 for the week. $100 is what people on welfare in the States receive. $100! Could you even imagine having to pay your rent, buy food and other necessities with $100?! You may think, 'Well why are they on welfare anyways? Are they too lazy to go and get a job?'. These are people who have just had some bad luck and have to try and pick their lives back up and survive. Anyhow, the millionaire's job is to give away at least 100,000 of their own money to anyone they'd like, anyone who touches their life.

This one woman that the secret millionaire met was a construction worker. She had a house, and everything she needed. One day at work she got hit by a live power line and fell about 20 feet onto her back. Every bone in her back was broken. When she recovered, she had lost her house, her company and lived on the streets for over a year. She got a couple good breaks, some people helped her out and she started up her company again, and found a place to live. Let me tell you, this lady was amazing. She works her butt off everyday. On the weekends when she doesn't work, she gets up at 4:00am and goes to the homeless shelter to help them get breakfast ready and feed the homeless. The millionaire asked her why does she get up so early on the weekend when she's so exhausted from work. She simply replied that someone did it for her when she was on the streets.

The people who are struggling and just trying to survive are so amazing. It is so touching to watch and it makes you realize how selfish we are. These people are just so inspiring. They are so self-less and compassionate for others and they do anything they can to help someone else. We need to start helping the less fortunate and stop complaining about stupid little things. We complain about having to work too much, at least we have work! We complain that we have so much housework to do, at least we have a roof over our heads! We complain about having to go grocery shopping or cooking dinner. At least we have food to eat everyday! We complain that gas is so expensive, at least we have cars and we can afford to get gas. It just really puts things in perspective and makes you realize that we need to be thankful EVERYDAY for what we have. We need to stop complaining about things are don't even matter.

Secret Millionaire airs on Wednesday nights at 8pm on the E! channel. I highly recommend it, you won't be disappointed.