Finding the fact that she was a model, named Turia Pitt, made me adore her fighting spirit even more. But there's something more amazing that I read from the news, that made my heart melt into pieces.
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| Turia Pitt before the incident |
She has someone who stayed beside her even her appearance has changed totally. Before she got into this incident, she has a boyfriend that she dated. From the story that she told in the video below, her boyfriend didn't left her since day 1 after she got burned. He accompanied her going through the difficult times and still stay beside her until now. I'm amazed in the fact that he didn't break up with her after the incident. When a man dated a model, he must be attracted with her outer physical, such as her beauty face, good shape of body, etc. And every single man in this world has a physical desire, which cannot be put aside, in need of a woman who can fulfill his needs. Moreover in the modern lifestyle nowadays, especially in western culture, where free lifestyle is happening, man needs a beautiful and healthy woman to be with him. But amazingly, he didn't leave her behind. Nor scared of seeing her outer appearance after being burned.
Here's the article that I read :
Australian ex-model Turia Pitt suffered burns to 65 percent of her body
The Australian ex-model Turia Pitt suffered burns to 65 percent of her body, lost her fingers and thumb on her right hand and spent five months in hospital after she was trapped by a grassfire in a 100 kilometre ultra-marathon in the Kimberley. Her boyfriend decided to quit his job to care for her recovery. Days ago, in an interview for CNN they asked him:
“Did you at any moment think about leaving her and hiring someone to take care of her and moving on with your life?”
His reply touched the world:
“I married her soul, her character, and she’s the only woman that will continue to fulfill my dreams.”
Source: Daily Mail
Picture: Richard Dobson
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| Turia Pitt with her boyfriend |
Turia Pitt's telling her story at radio station
Turia with her boyfriend, have gone through the difficult times
She told her struggling story here :
http://fridaymagazine.ae/real-life/turia-pitt-i-was-healed-by-love-1.1363235
See as well her full story and documentary video here :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2996539/We-thought-gone-Family-feared-inspirational-burns-survivor-Turia-Pitt-DEAD-stopped-breathing-surgery-new-nose.html#v-3679234238001
News when the incident happened :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137279/Australian-ultramarathon-runners-scarred-life-2011-bushfire-evidence-race-organisers.html
And follow her facebook here to see her recent activities :
https://www.facebook.com/turia.pitt
Somehow I rarely find this kind of amazing story in my own country. Beautiful story like this usually comes from overseas. Or maybe it's just me who are outdated from reading domestic news in my country. What I can easily find these days in my hometown are the news of celebrities getting divorced or a pious scholar got polygamy. It's not that I'm expecting that much of a beautiful romance story to hear, nor against polygamy, but I'm just wondering why it's very hard to find a good man like this. :D
How wonderful isn't it looking at their pictures together, despite the religion, good and bad, and other barriers that might be on the way. If I were to asked whether I can look at someone beyond what the eyes can see, big probability I'm not be able to do so like this man does. That's why I think it's very hard to find someone like this nowadays who can see beyond what the eyes can see and going through what the mind can accept.
But somehow I'm sure deep in each and everyone's heart, we want to be loved not because of our physical appearance, our family background, financial state, or our social status. Even myself, I want somewhat to be loved because of my soul, my heart, my personality, and who I really am. Not because of how pretty I am, how religious I become, or how successful my work is. But on the other hand, I'm not confident enough to say that I have a good soul, a good personality, or a good character that worth to be loved. I know how complicated myself is that people may finding it hard to understand.
So in order for people to understand us, somehow we have to be able to show that we are worth of love. And from what I learnt, it can only be obtained if we are able to fulfill people's expectations, for example people like to see someone who is well groomed, has achieved high education, has certain work in promising field or industry, well mannered, friendly, has wider knowledge, a good believer, etc etc. Somewhat we are expected to push our own limits to extent the possibility of being loved
Though the theory said that love can go through any barriers, even time and space, but we cannot disregard the fact that unconditional love between strangers can only happened when the basic requirements has been passed through. Unless the love of a mother to her child, love still required a settled condition to grow well. and love itself could change as the time goes by doesn't it?
Anyway, knowing the story of Turia Pitt made me realize how lack of gratitude I am all this time. I forgot how to be thankful to Allah SWT who blessed me with so many good things more than I deserved... Thank you Yaa Allah, you still let me live until this moment and giving more than I ever asked, thank you for the perfect body You have given me while out there many people are lacked of.
I will do my best to be a better person that I could be.... So I am worth of love and sincerity like this person has showed us.
"Everyone dies, but not everyone lives". - David Mesnard (master freediver)
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