I've had some ups and great downs in my life. I accomplished a lot, my phd, mu education, my life so far. But I've been depressed since high school. Few years ago I declared a war on depression, it was a good fight. I won. But depression never gets really beaten, sometimes it surfaces out of the blue in yor face and BAM you are walking in live sand again. That happened this summer, again. One of the fiercest depression attacks in last few years. It came after I lost my job I loved so much. I just got numb. Every meaning, every motivation for my art and writing faded. I got lost.
So i started watching One Piece from the beginning. Day after day. All day.
Again, there was Zoro, stubborn and brave, to remind me that if you want to do something you have to train hard, and harder, and never to stop.
"When I decided to follow my dream, I had already discarded my life." That moved me real good.
What is our everyday life? You can find it meaningless. Fake. Disturbed. If you find nothing in your life that can move you, you have nothing to lose if you go chasing your dream. So depression made me touch that ground zero. I'm off chasing my dream now. Every day, I'm getting closer to my One Piece. Growing stronger. Growing wiser.
There was Franky, my beloved self-made man. Once again, showed me how you can make yourself become whatever you want. Doesn't matter if you've been torn apart, you can work on yourself, make yourself bigger, better, more super ;) I really love that guy. Made himself out of scrapes, made his new life, protected his family. And the most important thing, he didn't forget his mistakes, he learned to cope and live with them, learn from them. Real people make mistakes that can cost them everything. You can never go back in time and make things different, Luffy. You can just learn and grow stronger and wiser, so it never happens again.
I guess it's kinda cheesy, I got stars tattooed on my arms, like Franky's, but white instead of blue ones. To remind me that I am the one who is making myself.
And there is Luffy, to remind me to live my life in full resolution, never to hesitate too much. And never to forget to smile.
Yeah, that's just stupid childish anime, right? hahaha
If you got inspired to make your life better, and to be a happier person, it doesn't matter if you got inspiration from a cartoon or Tv commercial, it's the message that counts.
….And Franky gave me the best dating advice ever ;)