I have been thinking of writting this down for couple of days since I watched "Pursuit of Happiness", which is basically the last great movie that Will Smith ever participated before he became so self-horoism in "I'm Legend" and "Hancock". Well, why I watch this kind of sentimental movie out of nowhere? If it wasn't for the Personal and Professional Development (PPD) module, I wouldn't watch it. The watching was actually part of our assignment for sake of discussion in the following days. What I'm going to write here is my answer to my facillitator during the small group discussion (SGD): what is the scene that affected you the most in the movie? People in class talked about each of their favourite scenes in turn, touching scenes, funny scenes, phylosophical scenes etc.
When it was my turn, my reply was: My favourite scene in the movie is when Gardner's life hit a new ground and he started to question whether happiness is something only meant to be pursued, but never be reached?
Actually, the title of the movie originated from a quote from USA Declaration of Independence -- the right of every citizen to the pursuit of happiness...(and blah blah blah) Pursuit of happiness. What a good choice of word -- pursuit. Is it mean that happiness is something that we can only run, and pursuit for the whole of our life, but never meant to be reached?
I don't know. Happiness is just a feeling. A chemical reaction of various hormones and neurotransmitters in your limbic portion of your hypothalamus...that your brain perceive as "Happy". And hence, from the collaral branch to the motor cortex to make the expression "smiling"...and if the electrical activity too strong, it can even stimulate your lacrimanl gland to produce what so callled "tears of happiness". How wonderful it is?
But, you can't always be happy. There are moment where happiness is gone, and it left you in dark, creepy feeling called "sadness". Where the hell is the happiness wthat we though we've grabbed it when we are smiling? Happiness is in your hand in this moment, but it'll slip away...anytime. For this I have postulated two theories:
First, is happiness is where there's no sadness?
or, second, is sadness is where there's no happines?
Again, I don't know. But, anyway, I feel the former would be more likely be the reality of this world. This is just like the concept of light and darkness. Darkness is simply where there's no light; you can't hold on to light...just like you can't have happiness in your hands always. So, we back to the root, are we just going to persue for happiness for the rest of our lives? I think... and I strongly feel that: YES
So, conclusion is: we are going to pursue for happiness, which is something never meant to be reached. We are running everyday...we make friends, we find our love one, we watch comedy...because we're so hell desperately for happiness. We need happiness; happiness is created as a necessarity, just like food, water, and air. We can't be sure that we ever obtain happiness forever, just like we can't stop needing for food, water, and air...
We are pursuing happiness...never reach, but we still pursuing...for our whole life.
When it was my turn, my reply was: My favourite scene in the movie is when Gardner's life hit a new ground and he started to question whether happiness is something only meant to be pursued, but never be reached?
Actually, the title of the movie originated from a quote from USA Declaration of Independence -- the right of every citizen to the pursuit of happiness...(and blah blah blah) Pursuit of happiness. What a good choice of word -- pursuit. Is it mean that happiness is something that we can only run, and pursuit for the whole of our life, but never meant to be reached?
I don't know. Happiness is just a feeling. A chemical reaction of various hormones and neurotransmitters in your limbic portion of your hypothalamus...that your brain perceive as "Happy". And hence, from the collaral branch to the motor cortex to make the expression "smiling"...and if the electrical activity too strong, it can even stimulate your lacrimanl gland to produce what so callled "tears of happiness". How wonderful it is?
But, you can't always be happy. There are moment where happiness is gone, and it left you in dark, creepy feeling called "sadness". Where the hell is the happiness wthat we though we've grabbed it when we are smiling? Happiness is in your hand in this moment, but it'll slip away...anytime. For this I have postulated two theories:
First, is happiness is where there's no sadness?
or, second, is sadness is where there's no happines?
Again, I don't know. But, anyway, I feel the former would be more likely be the reality of this world. This is just like the concept of light and darkness. Darkness is simply where there's no light; you can't hold on to light...just like you can't have happiness in your hands always. So, we back to the root, are we just going to persue for happiness for the rest of our lives? I think... and I strongly feel that: YES
So, conclusion is: we are going to pursue for happiness, which is something never meant to be reached. We are running everyday...we make friends, we find our love one, we watch comedy...because we're so hell desperately for happiness. We need happiness; happiness is created as a necessarity, just like food, water, and air. We can't be sure that we ever obtain happiness forever, just like we can't stop needing for food, water, and air...
We are pursuing happiness...never reach, but we still pursuing...for our whole life.
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