Happiness

    After watching The Pursuit of Happiness movie and analyzing the changes that he was making and why he was making them the movie seemed much more meaningful.  I have seen the movie more then once but have never caught all the reasons and the struggles before.  I think the movie helped teach us that we can become who we want to be we just need to push through all the hard times and work hard and our drams of who we want to be will become the reality.
   I was very moved on how Chris did almost everything not just for himself so he could feel successful therefore be happy but he did it so he could provide for his son and that they could be happy.  Chris grew up not knowing his father so he made sure that Christopher would always have him and no one would take Christopher away. Chris worked hard to sell his scanners so that he could provide a home for him and his son.  Even when he was told no he remained calm and kept trying. Chris did everything he possibly could to better their lives.
  Throughout the movie you see the theme of happiness vs. happyness.  Chris didn't like how outside the daycare it was spelled with a y because it wasn't proper English.  As the movie goes on we see that his wife Linda practices Happiness when she leaves them because she wants herself to become happy and just gets away from all of the other problems. Chris finds Happyness in the end because he is happy but it isn't just him that is happy it's Christopher too.
  We as leaders need to have high hopes like he did and reach toward them.  He showed how honesty and determination can get you wherever you want to go. I am very glad we got to watch and analyze this movie because I think we can learn many new skills.