幸福該如何定義?如何產生或擁有?該用追求的嗎?
知名影星威爾史密斯在電影《當幸福來敲門》(The Pursuit of Happyness)飾演Chris,一個父親的角色因為生活艱苦,身上沒錢,將兒子託付在比較便宜的中國城托兒所,托兒所旁邊圍牆上寫著Happyness。神聖教育的地方,怎能允許拼字錯誤?
但無論怎麼向清潔工或托兒所所長抱怨拼錯了,牆上依舊高掛著Happyness。曾認為教兒子把happiness拼好,幸福就會來到眼前,
卻沒想到如此努力追求,衰事仍然一件接一件降臨。他思考著
... It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson...
...the Declaration of Independence...
...and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the "pursuit" part in there?
You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it.
Do not ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even us.
You want something? Go get it.