Istorya ng totoong-buhay ni Chris Gardner, a single dad and his struggle to survive and fulfill his american dream in San Francisco in 1981. As expected, tulo to the max luha ko nung pinapanood ko to. If u are feeling down on your luck sa buhay…eh eto dapat ang panoorin.
I really liked this movie. Lalo na yung isang poignant scene where Will Smith is telling his son (real-life son nya yung nasa movie):
“Don’t ever let someone tell you that
you can’t do something. Not even
me. You’ve got a dream; you’ve got
to protect it. You want something,
you go get it. Period.”
Amen to that. Astig! Bihira ang mga ganitong klaseng tatay na may bayag talaga. Yung gagawin ang lahat para hindi mahiwalay sa anak. Di alintana kung ano nagiging itsura nila sa publiko para lang ma-pursue ang pinapaniwalaang kaligayan. Kaya nga never mind the wrong spelling of "happiness", what’s important is the real meaning of it. May ilang Chris Gardner pa kaya meron sa totong buhay ngayon?
Relate na relate ako siempre. Isang single dad din ako na matatawag. May panahon na pagod na rin ako sa mga struggles on how to make both ends meet. Yung walang kang malapitan lalo na sa kagipitan sa pera, yung tinatalikuran ka sa mga pakiusap mo. They always have doubt. Minsan nga eh sasaktan pa kaluluwa mo. Mapapa-aray ka na lang sa tinding sakit. Pero kasehodang mahirap lang kami …ang importante naka broadband ang internet ko. Nyehehe! Di nga, ano pa nga ba ang mas hihigit pa sa kaligayahan ang makitang sama-sama kami ng dalawang anak ko thru thick and thin.
THE BOOK
From The Publisher: The astounding
yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared
for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become
a crown prince of Wall Street. At the age of 20, Chris Gardner arrived
in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he
surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive
world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry level
position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web
of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him part of the
city’s working homeless with his toddler son. Motivated by the promise
he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own
children, the two spent almost a year moving from shelters, "HO-tels",
and soup-lines. Never giving in to despair, Gardner makes an
astonishing transformation from being part of the city’s invisible to
being a powerful player in its financial district. Here is the story of
a man who breaks his own family’s cycle of men abandoning their
children, a story that appeals to the very essence of the American
Dream.
"Chris Gardner: I’m so happy that this whole thing is happening,
and I just want to stress that this book and this movie isn’t just
about me, it’s about every mother who also had to be a father, every
father who also had to be a mother, and everyone who’s made the choice
to follow their dreams."
