(Pursuit of Happiness Clip)

If you have seen the movie Pursuit of Happiness, it is based on the true story of Chris Gardner. Chris Gardner's life is falling apart. After a business deal goes bad, he feels that the only way he can make a good life for his family is if he changes careers. So despite all the odds, Gardner enters the chase for a lucrative job as a stockbroker at Dean-Whitter. The only problem is that the competitive internship required doesn't pay anything, and there is no guarantee of employment at its end. Evicted, abandoned, and nearly penniless, Gardner refuses to let go of his dream. To me, the The Pursuit of Happyness is a modern-day parable about perseverance and the value of family.

It's also a modern interpretation of a famous George Bernard Shaw quote: "Some [peopl…