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May 20, 2012
1:15 AM
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movies have had the strength to move me to action. The Pursuit of HappYness is definitely the exception.
Will Smith plays the role of Chris Gardner, a down and out dad who's faced with poverty,Jordan 4, homelessness, singleness, and a job that paid ZERO - you heard that correctly ZERO dollars in income.
Faced with these challenges many parents give up their children to orphanages or to relatives. And in some extreme cases, some parents have gone as far as to kill their kids and themselves. Chris Gardner did none of those things. He did something truly amazing despite his circumstances. He persevered. And he fought to improve his life for himself and his son.
Chris Gardner had reason to pursue happiness. He was at rock bottom. If you have not seen the movie yet I won't spoil for you how the movie ended or why he was in that situation.
Though I've never lived on the streets (and I hope I never do) I can relate to portions of the movie because I've seen adversities too. Most of us have.
If YOU are struggling with life's many challenges, or boredom, or sadness, or some other problem blocking your happiness I've put together a list of things you can do right now to start feeling happYier. These steps have helped me too.
Here are the steps:
1) Get your hands on things you feel proud to own or have around you. For Chris, his son and those dang machines where the objects he held to.
2) Get active. Read, exercise,Jordan 4 2012, watch a good movie (watch The Pursuit of HappYness if you haven't already), paint, swim, or whatever you like to do that is good to do
3) Find a place you enjoy being at, either alone or with friends. This could be your home, the public library,http://www.jordan4militaryblue.com/, Barnes and Nobles, Starbucks, the beach or your favorite park
4) Find upbuilding people to hang out with and avoid happyness "vampires".
5) Develop skills at something you are really good at (painting, drawing, building, fixing pc's, public speaking, etc)
6) Develop a relationship with God through prayer and reading the Bible. Stay away from weirdoes who claim you need to drink poison and put a plastic bag over your face to be with God in a space ship. Those people are not good for you.
7) Look at adversities as opportunities. I can't recall who said it but the saying is, "when life hands you lemons... make lemonade".
Instead of grumbling how bad things are,If you need further information just follow this
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