In the words of veterans Hip Hop legend Naz, “My life is like a movie, the good guy wins and the bad guy looses”
How to look for a good movie/story
Finding inspiration and motivation in a movie is easy. You know the deal, it’s an old age formula, think about it this way. Good parents tell their children inspirational motivational and uplifting stories. Planting seeds to shape the Childs mind and character. A good story informs, inspires and entertains. All good stories has a moral code or a lesson to take home, this assists in the child growth, and this is equally true for adults.
How to look for a good movie/story
- Look for the moral code or life lesson’s
- Inspirational, motivational and uplifting stories.
- If it doesn’t help you on life’s path, it’s junk and it has no place in your head or under the sun!
Inspirational and motivational movie’s
Me personal, I’m a child of the 80s, It was a great time for inspirational / motivational movie’s and wonderful stories, Star War’s, Star Trek, The Never Ending Story, Superman etc. My parents shielded us form the horror movies such as Freddy, Jason, hell riser, Friday 13. My mother would say it serves us know use, inviting negative images into our mind, so our house was horror movie free.
So my first lessons was – Don’t polluting your mind with negative movies/stories
My father’s has always been a fun of Kong fu and action movies. I think these kind of movies fuel the one man can take on the world attitude. For me action movies are about…
- Being bold
- Working hard and smart
- Listening to your inner voice
- Working with/ finding a master or role model
Action movie’s – The one man take’s on the world theme
In the 80s action movie’s inspired the one man can change the world mentality. Maybe it was good old fashion American propaganda aimed at inspiring the gun hoe hero/ warrior in their troops. I’m a man of peace but I’m sure when it comes to actions movies, the story line give’s the troops a sense of divine purpose, a kind of holly mission.
On a positive note, I think inspiration can be taken form these movies and applied to the challenges of every day life.
What we can take from these movies is that self motivation come’s form within you, you have to dig deep, work hard , work smart, you have to be the kind of person who takes no shit and give’s no shit (please excuse my French). I WAS INSPIRED by RAMBO, COMMANDO, one man vs a thousand. This is a kind of metaphor for self determination.
Rocky Barbor – The king of inspiration and motivation
When it came to the rocky movies, I felt like I was in the ring, I was with rocky form the beginning to the end. A rookie fighter, undisciplined, no causes, no vision, unfocused. Sight given to him by the mentor. The vision of the mentor ignited young Rocky’s fire. The eye of the tiger was now open.
Walking in the hero shoes
We was with rocky though all his training, running though the streets’. We felt/lived his victory, when he won his first fight, We felt/lived his pain when he lost a fight. when he picked his self up and went back to training, We was inspired by his hope and determination. Through all of this the eye of the tiger was born in millions and millions more to come, this is the power of a good movie, to inform, inspire or uplift.
The key point to remember about these movies is that
- What ever happens to you, keep on pushing on.
- Be a hero
- Be confident
- When the odds are against you, That’s your opportunity to take centre stage and show the world, what you’re capable of.
The last dragon – There’s greatness within you
In this movie, our young hero Leroy searches for the “master” to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as The Glow? …Along the way he fights an evil martial arts expert. While getting his ass kick, the bad guy dunks our hero Leroy’s head in a barrel of water and say’s these unforgettable words “WHO’S THE MASTER”….
While under water…
Leroy has a flashback of all his experience’s, the words of his teacher and friends, people he’s met on his journey, this triggers a revelation in our hero Leroy… The bad guy again says “WHO’S THE MASTER ” as he attempts to strike our hero a deadly blow
Our hero Leroy – intercept the blow and grabs hold of the bad guy and say’s these words of conviction…
“I’M THE MASTER”
“At that moment the Hero’s body lights up – He get the glow and then kicks the bad guy’s ass
What did I learn?
- That in our own right, we are masters and student’s
- Just about every thing you need to be successful is in us now
- Bigger then Hollywood
Hollywood movies were not the only place to find Inspiration, you can learn from cartoons. Do you remember Transformer the movie, when Optimus prime he jumped out of the space shuttle to face the Decepticons and defend Autobot head quarter. His famous last words “untill all are one” He defeated megatron but lost his own life in the process.
Transformer’s a cartoon, but the message behind it was real. Life can be like war but we live for peace. Optmas prime defined what it means to be a leader by his…
- Wisdom
- Selfless sacrifice
- Inner strength
Here’s something’s that I took home form our hero optimus prime…
- Humility is a worthy virtue
- Courage is a must!
Care for your inner world
First of all, in the bin with any form of entertainment that doe’s not inspire inform or uplift. It all boils down to Managing your mood’s and emotions. Stay clear of entertainment that are of a low vibrational quality. Programmes or movies that basically depress you or leave you feeling low and uninspired.
The Open source – you analogy
What is the open source you analogy? Think of it this way, your brain is like a peace of computer hardware and the mind is the open source software.
Open source is a programming term which refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or modification. The human mind is a bit like an open source programme. We are highly influenced by our environment.
In a nut shall, because the mind is like an open source programme the brain software can be influenced from the out side. This can work to our advantage when we exercise care and control over what people, media and place’s you choose to be influenced by.
Be inspired; be informed. Use the energy of the movies to fuel your inner drive and brighten your inner world.
I heard somewhere that, Life is a movie, you are the star, all you need to do is choose your role and be you. Feed your mind with positive thing’s that up lift, inform and inspire. The power of synergism will do the rest.
Here’s some fun inspirational movie music to get you dancing.
Ollie and Jerry – There’s No Stopping Us
Rocky Music Video-Eye of the Tiger
Rocky ‘The Italian Stallion’ Balboa
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