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The movie that changed my way
Last month I was discouraged about my life. I was worried about it because I didn’t know what I want to be and what I am studying for. I didn’t have a goal like others so it seem like I just go to study in every day. I didn’t know what I want to do after I finish school even if I am a third year student. That time made me crazy hence I decided to look for inspirations on the Internet. Then I found a movie that names Pursuit of happyness. I enjoyed it and I was very impressed this movie. It made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me love life. The movie is a true story from Chris Gardner's life experiences. It is about a man who struggles of everyday life to achieve his dream. A man was very poor and he kept getting bad luck, but in the end he pulled through, got the job he wanted, and became rich. After I watched it, my thinking has changed. Because of many lessons that I learnt from this movie lets me have inspiration to keep going in order to find what I am.
All my life, I never believed in myself due to I was a shy person and I didn’t have self-confident. I felt afraid to do new things and I thought that I couldn’t do it even before I tried to do. Besides, I used to have dreams but I couldn’t protect them. Because I cared others so much that I didn’t believe in myself. There is one sentence from this story that I was really impressed when the man said to his son, “Don’t ever let somebody tell you that you can't do something. If you got a dream, you have to protect it. People can't do something by themselves; they want to tell you that you can't do it also. If you want something, go get it.” Whenever I felt bad, I would realize these words. I think if I don't give up and I believe in myself, I can achieve anything.
However perseverance is another lesson that I got from this movie. In the past, when I tried to do something and I couldn’t do it, I gave up every time and didn’t do it again. This movie made me believe in a quip that is where there's a will,

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