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These days, TV shows have been showing a lot of traveling and culinary journeys. When we take a glance of the hosts, they seem to be having the time of their lives. Going places, trying unique delicacies, all smiles. Why…who wouldn’t want to be in their shoes?

 

But when a culinary host whose tweets I follow on Twitter commented “It’s not always great, all the things you saw on TV” towards a person who said, “Lucky you, sir. All you gotta do is eat, eat and eat”, I realize that when ‘eating’ or ‘traveling’ has become a task, the joy would never be the same. In fact, I pity them sometimes, because they have to act as engaging as possible with the audience; no matter what. I even suspect that they actually throw-up the rest of the food tasted after the cameraman took a shot of that exciting scene (TV viewers would love to watch). 

Every person we know now is a branding for him/herself. And most of the time, what they show to the world (often through social networks) are their ‘happy’ selves. They don’t share a bit about their money anxieties, underpaid work situations, abusive mothers, and so on. There’s no use of doing so, of course. But all I’m saying is: nothing is ever as it seems.

Everyone has their own issues. Don’t judge them because they’re drop dead gorgeous. Don’t judge them because they’re cold and bitter. Don’t judge them because they’re heavy-weight travelers. Don’t judge them because they’re ‘not like us’. Simply drop all judgments, whether they’re “good” or “bad”, for each one has their own untold stories.