Success Lesson To Learn From The Movie: 'The Pursuit Of Happyness'

I recently came across the quote from the movie, 'The Pursuit Of Happyness'. It has this amazing quote that I think its full of inspiration, wisdom and determination. It is about fighting for your dreams, never letting anything get in your way.

As a young women who is still currently working to find my place in this world, (finding my place I meant, we learning something new in this everyday, new things, new life, new happenings). Anyways, as I was saying, I felt a special connection to this quote and an overwhelming enthusiasm to learn more about the story, especially what motivated and inspired the owner of the story Chris Gardner. Though the first time it came out in 2006 I didn't have the opportunity to watch it, until late 2009 on chilly Friday night on Dstv.

I am not one of the type that enjoy watching a movie twice or repeatedly. But on Friday which happens to be a public holiday here in KKTC, i had but to watch some movie. What came to mind was the movie the Pursuit of Happyness, which i had served in one of my laptop drive.

You got a dream...You gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want something, go get it period (Chris Garnder)

The story was first released as Chris Gardner autobiography in May 2006 and became number one New York Times best seller. The book portrayals a man's quest to better life. 

The book has been an inspiration to millions, shocking people with this once homeless man's  determination to become a millionaire. The book made a remarkable stand that the writer didn't even wait a year to make a movie out of it. 

In the movie, Ace actor Will Smith plays Chris Gardner at the point in his life when his wife has just left him and he is now a single father, struggling in poverty. Unable to sell many of the bone density scanners which he has long invented putting his life saving into to make. He finds himself struggling to pay rent. However, at the end within one year he manages to become a stockbroker at a top firm and goes on to run his own multi-million dollar firm which has always been his dream.

The story to me speaks about perseverance, determination and hard work. It is a true life testament of a man's life to the idea that if you work hard enough and long enough, you can really achieve anything.

Irrespective of the changes he was faced with, here is a man who still kept on. I was so torched at the scene, where even at his lowest point of his life, when he was sleeping with his son on the restroom floor of a subway station, he maintained the illusion that he was just as much a viable candidate as the other intern who had homes and all the luxuries of modern day businessmen. 

He proves that perception really is everything. Note to keep here to you reading this: is that we shouldn't be swayed by the false harsh realities of life.

Another point I want to note is that believing in the self. With this i mean, believing that what you set your mind to do that you will achieve. In the case of Chris Gardner, he never let anything stop him from his dreams, his one true passion. He knew how hard and special it was to find something he not loved doing, but that he understood. He pursued that goal with everything he had, every fiber of his being. Because what else is there in life if you are not pursuing our dreams?  What is the point of it all? Neither is it by sitting down with a down face and wallowing. Like I always say, We have one life, one shot, to do what we love and to make the most of our lives.

To my friends, subscribers and follower reading this, its not a coincidence that to slum on this peace today, it the inner voice telling you to find your path today, your focus. It is important that you keep your dreams alive and keep a clear eyes on the end goal. It is not about failures and missteps along the way, but how they help to make you stronger on your journey to the end.

-bosydeprincessa

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