who’s extremely spontaneous. Someone who I could just call up to do anything with, even if it’s incredibly random, and they’d be down for it. From trying a new hole-the-wall type restaurant downtown to buying a flight out of state for the weekend, just for the hell of it. No excuses; no saying they don’t have time or money, ‘cause this friend I want to meet will make the time and will know the priceless value of living in the moment over the value of money. I have the urge to do something completely random all the time, but no one around who’s willing to jump with me.
Kind, wise, selfless, affectionate, self-reflective, ambitious, family oriented, funny, and health conscious.
Happiness is opportunity. Depressed about your weight? Lose it or gain more. Doing bad in school? Study harder. Broke? Get a job. Parents not happy with you? Become better. Broken heart? There are millions of other boys out there, you’ll find one.
Being in America, most of us will never know what true sadness is. We complain again and again about things we have the opportunity to change. We make ourselves miserable by starving ourselves to be thin, while there are people in third world countries who has no control over whether they will be full tonight or not. We indulge in darkness when there is a light switch right above our heads that we are too lazy to reach for.
If you have the opportunity to change whatever it is you’re sad about right now, get up and do it. You will never be sad if you’re lucky enough that your sadness is only a choice.
I really don’t care how overrated Titanic is; there’s a reason it’s so timeless and popular. I really believe it’s the best movie I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen it countless times since I was little, but I was too young to grasp the brilliance of the story. It’s more than just a romantic or historic movie like I thought it just was when I was little. It depicts the many types of people in different types of lives. It shows that whether you’re rich or poor, there is always a type of struggle present in either statuses. And even if you don’t realize it, that struggle in the end is what unites humanity and its diverse lifestyles- which is ultimately what the love between Jack and Rose symbolizes. And that common struggle and other human qualities so hidden by labels of rich and poor is finally brought to the surface when Titanic is hit. In the end, we are all alike and equal. Rich or poor, there is the common panic. Rich or poor, there is the common love and desire to protect our loved ones. There is braveness and cowardliness. Selfishness and selflessness. This is just one of the many themes that was symbolized so brilliantly in the many events that take place in the movie- it’s not just all about the tragic love story of Rose and Jack. It’s so much bigger than that. James Cameron is seriously our modern day Shakespeare.
But enough with this analytical stuff. What I really love about the movie the most is Jack. Not because he’s Leonardo Dicaprio, not because he’s that dreamy type many girls want, but because I want to be like him.
Carefree and optimistic. Spontaneous and embracing every moment. No regrets, because he makes every moment he’s blessed with purposeful and happy. He takes every chance without fearing consequences. Seeing beauty in simple things, seeing people beyond their surfaces. Selfless. I’m just so inspired by his character, fictional or not. It sounds silly, but I was being down about so many things before I watched this movie in theater, and I felt like a new person walking out. It took a fictional character to make me realize how stupid I’ve been for nit picking at every little flaw in my life, wasting it away when truly it is beautiful.
“Well, yes, ma’am, I do… I mean, I got everything I need right here with me. I got air in my lungs, a few blank sheets of paper. I mean, I love waking up in the morning not knowing what’s gonna happen or, who I’m gonna meet, where I’m gonna wind up. Just the other night I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people. I figure life’s a gift and I don’t intend on wasting it. You don’t know what hand you’re gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you… to make each day count.”—Jack Dawson (Leonardo Dicaprio)- Titanic
Life as a whole, future or present, is equally valuable. Don’t work so hard for the later half of your life that you end up compensating this first half of your life anyway. Don’t work so hard that you forget to take a break and take a breather. Don’t work so hard for happiness that belongs in the future, that you neglect the happiness that belongs in today.
One of things about people that impresses me most is their will to stand behind what they believe in, no matter who is around that disagrees, no matter how many people are around that disagrees. I gravitate towards people who can be honest with themselves and are unafraid to stand up for what they believe in, even if their opinion is not a popular opinion. People who are passionate enough about what they stand for, that they’re not afraid to speak up when their values are being belittled in anyway, instead of so many others that just remain silent. I like people who can stand up for others, for themselves, for their values, even if they get laughed at or put down. I just have to look for this one quality in a person, and I’ll know right away, without a doubt, that that person is genuine, true to who they are, and most of all, brave.
