HappYness

Just caught "The Pursuit of Happyness" on my comp (resisting the urge the correct the spelling error~!). Before that, I had the impression that it is a so-so type of movie and fair enough first 1hr of it was really So-So. Merely talking about a typical American family trying to make ends meet and eventually (like other shows) the mother would leave the house. So all thats left is the father and his son.

And the show continued with the father still trying to make ends meet, with the usual unlucky stuff happening to him.

However the true meaning behind only showed up when it was about to end.

In narration, the father said,

"When Thomas Jefferson declared independence, the word "happiness" was mentioned couple of times. But how would he know that it would be a pursuit of happiness, just like happiness could never be achieved."

I finally understand the father's happiness was not about the money nor the food. He was pursuing all these for his son. His happiness was found in being able to provide and care for his son. Well I guess that goes to speak for all the great fathers (of course including our Father in heaven!) out there, who would slog their life working in pursuit for this "happiness". Something so intangible yet fulfilling.