When life keeps you down, you know what you got to do, "just keep swimming".

Just so you know I heard this line a lot when I was still young. I even read this line in my classmate's notebook, but never did I realize the deeper meaning of it. I'm purely focusing on the shallow side which is to keep swimming like a fish swimming in the sea.

Not to mention, this line was from the movie, "Finding Nemo". I love this movie a lot as it has great animations and I love the story flow. It started with something exciting, then thrilling, and finally, a happy ending. I enjoyed this movie a lot especially since I watched it together with my cousins. I love any animation movies as they tend to capture my attention through the colorful animations, and wonderful scenes. Whenever I watch animation movies, I tend to get excited as I could feel like I was also there inside the movie, living the fantasy world that I always wanted to be.

Needless to say, when I was young, I was that kind of kid who wants to go to the fantasy world. I feel like I was an escapist child back then. I want to see a colorful world with nothing but pure happiness and fun. I want to live the life that I could picture in my mind. And no matter what problems went along for me as a child, I was still happy as I'm happily dreaming of my fantasy world.

"Just Keep Swimming"

Going back, even now that I'm already old, this movie still hits different for me. I'm not only enjoying the story flow or even the animations, but I'm also focusing on the lessons that I got from it. It may be a movie that tends to entertain especially the children, but this movie is a gem to the adults as it holds meaningful life lessons that we can carry for a lifetime. One of which is the lesson that we can get from the line, " Just Keep Swimming."

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I could still remember when I was still studying, I have been through a lot of struggles and pressures. It seems like the world is against me. I have been struggling with the thoughts that I have. There were whispers in my ear telling me that I am not enough, or I don't deserve all the great things in life. I have also experienced a lot of things I can't mention. Howbeit, no matter how much pressure I've been bringing throughout my studies, I never give up on it. I continue my journey with a positive mind as my goals in life are greater than the doubts that I have for myself. With that, I continue reaching for my dreams. Then right now, all I could say is I'm grateful for my younger self for having that courage to continue despite the hardships. I'm grateful for myself that to that I keep on swimming and swimming towards the goal that I'm aiming for. Since now, that I'm 20+ years old, I finally have the job that I am aiming for a way back when I was studying.

Needless to say, now that I already achieved the first goal I have, I wanted to achieve another goal which is to have financial freedom. Right now, I'm pursuing my job because this is the best thing that I could earn now. My job is my source of income to provide not just my needs, but my family's needs as well. Right now, I'm studying how to achieve more in life without pressuring myself, and without comparing my journey to others. As of now, I'm working on it and I hope I will be able to achieve it soon. I don't mind if I will not achieve it in an instant, but I am hoping to achieve them soon.

Moreover, in life, we tend to experience a lot of hardships, a lot of struggles especially when we age as we have greater responsibilities and we have a lot of commitments. From here, our problems are not like before which were too childish; we now experience serious problems that make us feel down and sad. These problems will be tough for us. With that, we should instill the lesson, "Just Keep Swimming" with us.

"Just Keep Swimming" is a reminder for us to continue swimming with our dreams in our lives, to continue with everything that we aim for in life no matter how hard it gets. Just keep swimming is a wonderful thought to instill in our minds that we should never give up no matter what. No matter how much weight life will make us carry. No matter how many hardships and struggles we will go through, we should keep moving forward, and we should never give up as one day, we will be grateful for not giving up. We should be grateful for ourselves that we continue our journey even if it's so tough. And from that day forward, we will realize that those struggles that we've been through have helped us a lot in sharpening our minds and helping us to be the best version of ourselves.

So my dear friends, always remember to keep swimming in life. I believe you will reach all the goals that you have in mind no matter what. Trust the process.