Happiness is "forced"

Xzavier 2022-03-15 09:01:01

Had to carry more than 40-pound medical equipment around to promote sales;
had to always miss his 5-year-old son when his wife left the house;
had to go all out for an "internship" for 4 months without pay, even if he was not sure about himself Will you be hired? I
have to voluntarily fan the wall because I cannot pay the rent; I
have to spend the night in the police station because I don’t have money to pay a car ticket; I
have to get up and run back to work immediately after being hit by a car and missing a shoe;
Had to spend the night in the toilet with his son, just because there was nowhere to go;
had to run after work, just to line up to get a chance to enter the shelter;
...
After experiencing too much "have to", Chris finally got I felt great happiness at the moment of the job opportunity. That happiness is "forced" out.

The rhythm of the film makes people have to follow Chris to breathe, there is no time for half-hearted, no choice. Nowadays, there are many books that "teach" people how to manage their time, how to be the first thing first, how to concentrate, and how to make choices. Perhaps, those methods, rules or techniques can really help for a while. But in fact, there is only one real way: to force yourself, to force yourself to be unable to retreat, to force yourself to have no other choice. At that time, you have no choice but to do what is right now. It sounds simple to say, but there are really few that can be done. Who would always assume that he is an antelope, with a lion chasing behind him?





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  • Orin 2022-03-24 09:01:06

    When you pass this hurdle, there is nothing you can't pass behind. But if and when you climb a mountain. Found that there are all mountains behind. Can you hold on? Reality is far more cruel than movies.

  • Scarlett 2022-04-24 07:01:01

    In my memory, the male protagonist is a very warm father. There are many setbacks in life, but he only brings positive energy to the child and keeps his life full of hope forever. The son is very cute, the curly hair should not be too cute

The Pursuit of Happyness quotes

  • Christopher Gardner: [narrating, at a payphone, raining, after learning Linda is taking Christopher away from him] It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?

  • [repeated line to his father Christopher Sr]

    Christopher: Where are we going?