June 23, 2011

The Pursuit of Happiness

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?
Christopher Gardner
The Pursuit of Happyness

A great quote. I like it. I have my own opinion about happiness though (I'm not that depressed). I just love how the scriptwriter arrange the words and make it powerful.. and beautiful.

I was working on an essay about poverty, tried to make it perfect but ended up feeling skeptical about it. Then I decided to watch this movie. Yeah, The Pursuit of Happyness visualizes it perfectly, the circle of poverty and the emotional life of people who strive against it.

I feel lucky.
You should too.

6 commentaire:

  1. happiness sama happyness itu sama-sama benar kah?

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  2. yang benar happiness. lihat filmnya, kamu akan tahu kenapa kok judulnya happyness

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  3. eh ya aq dah lihat filmx dulu cuman aq kok mash belum mudeng knp ya tulisanx gt? Hehe mohon penjelasanx

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  4. Happyness itu tulisan yang ada di tembok tempat penitipannya anaknya Christopher Gardner, yang mbuat salah ngeja. Inget?

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  5. owalah yg it yaya, makash ya , hehe lupa :p

    aku paling seneng pas dia hibur anakx, yg alat kesehatanx it dibilang mesin waktu biar anakx mau tdur d wc stasiun gt, kereeennn, hahahaha

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  6. Nggarai pingin nangis. Harus menghibur anaknya pas dia sendiri lagi stres. Hebat.

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