Never Give Up

I found this funny but inspiring cartoon from my email. I find it as one of the best representations of determinism and persistence. Most of us may have been in the frog's shoes one way or the other, but only few must have slipped out of the bird's throat. Simply because we have lost the will to fight or have just given up and lost hope. In every hopeless situation we are in, we must learn to accept it, so that we can deal with it and cope with it until we are able to get out.

Chocolates!!!

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You’ll never know what you’re gonna get" Everyone probably knows the famous line by Tom Hanks from the movie Forrest Gump. However I have a different view. Life is not like a box of chocolates. It’s like a jar of jalapenos, what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow!!
Life is not always a box of chocolates. It's not always full of surprises. Life is not always sweet, and tasty and good that somehow you may not want to savor it over and over and over again. Most of the time it's full of dissappointment, and anguish and hatred. All the things that make life sour.

Happiness is a hard-earned commodity in life. Sometimes you would find your luck, most of the time you won't. Life is not here for us to enjoy. Life is work and survival for us to continue living, in order to exist. For most of us then, life is like a box of sour grapes, and rotten eggs and spoiled cookies.

I was watching the movie last night and it hit me!! I wonder then how Forrest Gump came out with such an idea that life is like a box of chocolates. How is he different to us? And I came out with the very obvious answer. Forrest has a different outlook in life than most of us. He always think positively. He always think that everything will turn out the best, not good but best. He is very optimist on all the things that he does. Even when there's a storm, he is determined to have a good catch of shrimps. He thinks that a man without legs can be as rich as Bill Gates or perhaps even richer.

Forrest has these: positive outlook, sheer determination and ignorance. Yup, he simply ignores all the things that put him down. He doesn't know failure. His total ignorance of all the bad things makes him invulnerable to failure. He is not focused on his success alone but on his will to succeed. Success comes in later.

If we can emulate his very positive outlook, then we can enjoy life so much we want to savor it again and again and again. If we are so determined to achieve what we want, there's a greater chance for us to win our long-sought happiness and success. And in the end, we'll realize that "Life is like a box of chocolates." Afterall.

Life Manual

Never tell a person who is experiencing deep sorrow "I know how you feel" because you don't.

Never risk what you can't afford to lose.

Once a year, go somewhere you've never been before.

Remember that the formula for great love is communication + respect.

When declaring your rights, don't forget your responsibilities.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of good luck.