{"id":428,"date":"2012-11-30T11:22:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T16:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/?p=428"},"modified":"2012-11-29T18:02:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T23:02:25","slug":"rock-bottom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/rock-bottom\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Bottom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?-->Over the past few years, one of the only television shows that I watched was (and sometimes is) Gold Rush. It&#8217;s a Discovery show about some broke and struggling men who mortgaged their lives for an Alaskan summer land claim to mine for gold. It&#8217;s the ultimate show about striking it rich.\u00a0They&#8217;d operate their big rigs to dig through the earth, searching for pay dirt. Ultimately though, the gold they were and are looking for was well below the surface. The gold is at the rock bottom, or bedrock. This is true in Alaska, just as it&#8217;s true in humanity.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We cannot find the gold of life, that is, the true purpose and joy, until we have hit rock bottom and come to the end of ourselves. This usually happens as a result of our, or someone else&#8217;s, poor choices. Rock bottom is a date with suffering, pain, and adversity. This is especially difficult when we are not the ones that chose poorly. But even when we don&#8217;t choose what happens to us, we still have a choice in what to do next.\u00a0When we hit rock bottom, we can choose to be a victim, or find a way out.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, one of the only television shows that I watched was (and sometimes is) Gold Rush. It&#8217;s a Discovery show about some broke and struggling men who mortgaged their lives for an Alaskan summer land claim to mine for gold. 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