GET UP!

            “Life will put us down. But we have to choose whether we stay or get back up,” says Mr. Han (played by Jackie Chan) from the 2010 Karate Kid movie.

            I have watched this movie for several times but it never fails to inspire me every time I watch it. When we have problems we really have the choice to stay there and admit our failure or stand up and start again.

            You and I have our individual goals. We want to reach our dreams. But along the road problems will arise. Pains and hardships will be there to convince you to give it up. When situation comes like this, we have to remember that giving up is not the answer when the time gets tough. One of the scenes in the movie Karate Kid that I admire most is when Dre (Jaden Smith) still wants to fight even if he suffered injury in his right leg. Mr. Han could not understand while he still wants to go back at the fighting arena. Then Dre said it is because he is still afraid. He wants to leave the fight unafraid.

            Are you afraid? Are you afraid of the challenges? You have to face the fight of life. You’ll never know how close you are the moment you let it go. No one will encourage you but yourself alone. If you choose to get up, you will not only inspire yourself but others as well.

            This day I feel discourage. I am thinking if I will just give up my dreams and take the other road. The other road where I will let others decide for me. But if I do it, surely I will not be happy. There will be no adventures, no challenges and no results. So I lift up myself once again. I looked back why I have come to this decision. Yes, I want to do something different. To fight against the force that says “You can do nothing” is a great achievement I could have. I know I have a place on earth that no one will claim but me alone.                  

            You are a child of God who deserves to be happy. The advertisement of the soft drink Coca-Cola is very inspiring. The old man advice to the baby is for all of us “Search for the things that will make you happy, life is short. Do not waste your life to those things without meaning. You were born to be happy”. We want to reach our dreams because we believe that it will make us happy. On your journey frustrations will come. Focus not on the pain now but to the joy that you will reap if you will not give up.

            Get up! You have a beautiful life that is waiting for you. God prepared it for you. Believe that God will be there to help you no matter what. Like Dre in the movie, you will have Mr. Han who will train you to the battle of life and will finish it with victory. You will have God.