Everyone of my wonderful friends asked me "Did you watch Shawshank Redemption?", to that I would embarrassingly say "Yeah, I havent seen it yet, i see it is the 1st on IMDB."
Finally I watched it, and boy do i say, that i hate that movie getting over.
I wish i could see more and more of Andy, teaching life lessons as we watched the movie.
So what did i learn from the movie.
1. Have Hope and Persist.
Andy didnt murder, but shit happens. It was bad luck, he was thrown in.
Did he whin and cry like the fatso. No.
He was busy building his dream. He had hope, he persisted day and night for 20 long years
He used a rock hammer to break the mighty prison walls.
He had fun all along. He was always living in present. He offered his services and won some tough nuts.
Have hope. It's the only thing, we all have within our control; strengthening us, when going gets tough.
2. Be Generous, Be Useful, always.
He was a banker. What could he do in a jail? He offered his genuine counsel to the police and the authorities. He filed their taxes year after year for 15 long years winning place among the authorities.
The warden was a blunt nut, but did Andy fear him? Yes, may be. Did he duck? No.
Instead, he helped build warden's fortune, and ended up securing the fortune for himself.
3. Be Positive. Period
When other inmates worried being "institutionalized", he worried strolling in the park dropping soil from his tunnel expedition for 20 long years.
His mates were worried about not fitting in the outside world. he was busy dreaming of freedom and ideas.
4. Persist, no matter what, persist.
He wrote to the government for 6 long years for few books in the library, every week and doubled his effort when he was disappointed with the response after 6 long years.
The result. A very large furnished library with jail inmates completing schooling.
20 long years! That is a huge time. Each night, continuously he carved through the jail walls his way to freedom. Period.
5. Take Initiative.
Was he afraid of the nutty Captain. oh boy! everyone was. But he had courage. He took initiative when everyone else was looking around on roof top.
Did it pay? Yes, he won the captain, and was saved of the bullies later and also won friends in jail.
He took initiative to revamp the library, and he ended up winning more miles.
He took more initiatives than anyone else. To ask, to seek, to question. He ended up failing more, but he ended up gaining more too.
6. Inspire.
Be inspirational. Give hope. Help others dream, share your dream. The movie teaches me to do things that makes us happy, irrespective of what state we are in.
Finally I watched it, and boy do i say, that i hate that movie getting over.
I wish i could see more and more of Andy, teaching life lessons as we watched the movie.
So what did i learn from the movie.
1. Have Hope and Persist.
Andy didnt murder, but shit happens. It was bad luck, he was thrown in.
Did he whin and cry like the fatso. No.
He was busy building his dream. He had hope, he persisted day and night for 20 long years
He used a rock hammer to break the mighty prison walls.
He had fun all along. He was always living in present. He offered his services and won some tough nuts.
Have hope. It's the only thing, we all have within our control; strengthening us, when going gets tough.
2. Be Generous, Be Useful, always.
He was a banker. What could he do in a jail? He offered his genuine counsel to the police and the authorities. He filed their taxes year after year for 15 long years winning place among the authorities.
The warden was a blunt nut, but did Andy fear him? Yes, may be. Did he duck? No.
Instead, he helped build warden's fortune, and ended up securing the fortune for himself.
3. Be Positive. Period
When other inmates worried being "institutionalized", he worried strolling in the park dropping soil from his tunnel expedition for 20 long years.
His mates were worried about not fitting in the outside world. he was busy dreaming of freedom and ideas.
4. Persist, no matter what, persist.
He wrote to the government for 6 long years for few books in the library, every week and doubled his effort when he was disappointed with the response after 6 long years.
The result. A very large furnished library with jail inmates completing schooling.
20 long years! That is a huge time. Each night, continuously he carved through the jail walls his way to freedom. Period.
5. Take Initiative.
Was he afraid of the nutty Captain. oh boy! everyone was. But he had courage. He took initiative when everyone else was looking around on roof top.
Did it pay? Yes, he won the captain, and was saved of the bullies later and also won friends in jail.
He took initiative to revamp the library, and he ended up winning more miles.
He took more initiatives than anyone else. To ask, to seek, to question. He ended up failing more, but he ended up gaining more too.
6. Inspire.
Be inspirational. Give hope. Help others dream, share your dream. The movie teaches me to do things that makes us happy, irrespective of what state we are in.
