In my context, i feel that strength comes from the heart, It is the inborne ability to negate negativity into positivity, to be able to face harsh circumstances with composure, to be able to hold close to you the important people in your life and tell them it'll all be ok when shit hits the fan, to be able to lead them out of it and most importantly, to never, never leave their side.
Sometimes, movies makes me rethink life, its intricacies, the complex structure of relationships, and reminds me that shit does happen...... Yesterday, "the pursuit of happyness" made me think about strength, all different aspects of it, the means to bring back the bacon, to give your family a comfortable means of living, and also the strength to brave through the shit with them, what it means to be dependable, and also how to make things easy for the one you depend on.
Happiness, what is it.... I believe it is something that cannot be defined, it can only be felt, I've heard the sentence "Money can't buy you happiness" one too many times, but when i looked into linda's eyes when she left gardner, the ambivalence in her eyes made me wanna tear, the love for him as the father of her child, but also the hate for his inability to make ends meet. In the declaration of independence, Thomas Jefferson made use of 3 things as fundamentals for the declaration. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It was the basis for the rest of the terms in the declaration. But however, did you know that the pursuit of happiness was actually derived from "the pursuit of property" based on the writings of adam smith and john locke. Jefferson thought that the right to property was a concept tied to feudalism and potentially antithetical to liberty, so he replaced "the right to property" with the right to the "pursuit of happiness". So it is undeniable that happiness does come hand in hand with some sort of physical assets.
Sometimes life comes along and decides to traumatize you, Chris gardner looks it in the face and tells it he won't go down. And for that i respect him. For i know i might just crumble if i were in his shoes, wouldn't you? That's why he is so inspirational,he reminds i am pretty lucky to be born into a relatively well to do family,to be able to complete my studies and i should work hard with what i have and never allow myself to land in such a predicament for i might not be able to climb out of it.
I look at gardner's son, christopher and i start to wonder, if i were to have a child, would he be so supportive and so understanding? What would i give for someone so understanding.... but i guess it works both way, you have to possess the patience of gardner to raise someone like christopher.
Anyways... to sum it up... i will watch the "pursuit of happyness" again
Rating "9/10"
a few clips from the pursuit of happyness
The trailer
Kelly Clarkson's breakaway.. a apt song for the movie
An interview with chris gardner in person,
A good addon to the movie, there's this part where he mentioned a proposal received regarding a reality show, picking homeless people off the street and give them a job, the person who makes the most out of his life will receive a prize. His reply to it was "Being homeless is not a game, and if you think it is, i already was... so send me the money"... I totally agree
Never let anyone tell you that you can't do something, if you have a dream... protect it...
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