While we were enjoying the movie in class, I had completely forgotten that we had a reason for watching it. At the very end, when asked about why this movie was chosen for the theme in the class, I honestly had no idea. The movie was funny, and had everyone hooked from beginning to end, but how did it link to happiness? I thought about how each character developed throughout the 48 hours that they spent being interviewed, and realized, that happiness is never expected. You can set your sight on something that you think would make you happy, but more often than not, you discover something along the road about yourself that will end up making you happier than you think you can be.
In the movie, we followed five couples throughout the process of preparing, travelling, and entering the competition. Each couple wanted their dog to be the best, but there can only be one winner. Of the couples that didn’t end up winning, each of them discovers a passion that they didn’t realize they have. They didn’t accomplish their goal of being the winner, but they realized what made each of them happy along the way. Happiness is something you can’t foresee or plan– it springs on you. Happiness needs to be discovered, but most importantly, it is right in front of you.
On a side note, I recently got two hamsters, and they make me happy 🙂 meet Barty and Rex!
YOUR. HAMSTERS. ARE. ADORABLE!. <3
Anyways, in all seriousness I believed you made a great point. Everyone set goals in their lives in order to be happy but its usually not the case! It's like how we are now, we are college students majoring in whatever field we THINK are suited for us in the future. In the end, the major that we choose now will probably not be the major we stick with for the rest of our lives. We would probably find something else that would make us happy along the lines.