life

As a kid, most people don’t realize that the small decisions they make will have an impact on the kind of person they will become in the future. Unfortunately, different people are pushed towards certain decisions, depending on their upbringing, family, friends, and an infinite amount of other variables. We each have our own paths in life that we can follow or stray from, depending on the small and big life decisions. A new movie that came out a few weeks ago, The Adjustment Bureau, concerns an organization that helps to push people in certain directions so they can follow their previously made life plans. The result of the movie was that the two main characters were able to alter the paths that a higher power made for them, based on what they truly wanted. One of the characters could have become a president, but he falls in love with a girl who distracts him from achieving his dreams. However, at the same time, she is his dream, so all is not lost. This proves that everyone has a direct say in their futures and what they will become.

Another movie I have watched recently is Yes Man. Jim Carrey plays a man who cannot say no to anything, which results in being forced down a certain road. However, in his case, he needed something like this to get him moving in the right direction. Previously, he said no to everything and ended up couped up inside his apartment having no true, close friends. In the end, he realized that he could say no if he wanted to but that it was important to say yes to want he desired. Most of the times he said yes were because he actually wanted to do what he said yes to, not because he had to. From watching this movie, I have realized that in order to explore life and to live one’s life, they have to take chances that at the time might not seem reasonable. Good things will come out of being ambitious and going out of the normal comfort box that confines some people’s lives.