Ha I love going to movies, in fact watching movies is one of my favourite past time. Still remember that there was once, My friends and I went to watch 4 movies at one go, but that’s was many years back. In recent time, the max I go is 2 movies in one day. Oh, and I didn’t mean watching DVD, I’m actually talking about going to the cinema and catch the show.
Watching movies for me is great form of relaxation for me, as it allows me to sit back and listen and just let the stories unfold in front of me. Movies is also a form of exercise for me to practise appreciation too, you know is that kind of like appreciation of the plot, the music, the acting, the direction, the special effect etc.
Another reason why I love to watch movies is that, there are learning about values and life that I can pick up from the movies. Ever heard of “learning from someone else’s mistake”? and yes, I do know that most of the time movies are fiction but still, there are still learning for me to pick up.
Almost all the movies that I saw allow me to pick up some learning and recently, there’s one movie that let me pick up and learn a few things too. That movie is JIM CARREY’s YES MAN.
The movie is about a man called Carl(Jim Carey), whose life was sort of becoming stagnant, bored and a bit meaningless after his girlfriend left him, however things changes when he sign up for a life-changing course that’s required him to say yes to almost everything and that was when his life started to change once again.
Needless to say, in the movie Carl, found a new love, new life and new perspective of life. The idea of saying “YES”, opens up many possibilities in his life and that the main learning I get from the movie.
When was the last time that you can remember that, by making a decision to say “YES”, that decision actually impacted your life? For me, I could remember many, especially in the year 2008, my willingness to ”YES” to end my baby Business, had resulted a few new opportunities for me, my willingness to say ”YES” to a personal development course, has allowed me to re-ignite my passion in life and meeting great people from all woks of life. My willingness to say “YES” to a new job had allowed me to work in an environment that is inline with the things I enjoyed doing and it feed my passion for growth and of course they were many more “YES” decision that I made in 2008 that had made me grow as a person.
And what JIM CARREY did with his movie is that, he reminded me that how am I today and what am I today is really based on what decision I had made in my life. The “YES” and “NO” that I made in my life had lead me to where I am today. I can never blame anyone and I must be 100% responsible for what I am today.
So thinking back, there will be regrets about some decision that I made, but that’s already history, what is more important now is that it is time to make new decision, especial it is the start of the new year.
2009 is already here, and Yes I want to see new possibilities and that will only come by saying “YES” many things, but of course, you don’t need to say ”YES” all the time, as Carl( Jim Carrey) said in the movie, you only say ”YES” when you only want to and only your heart want you to say “YES”. Don’t you think so?
So, if you do agreed….just simply say “YES” 
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