Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, what do we do? We swim, swim!
Okay, we all laughed our hearts out and sang full of joy with Dory in Disney’s Finding Nemo. And we couldn’t care less if Marlin was already pissed off!
Dory’s favorite line could actually serve as our mantra. Although we’d have to change swimming with living. Just keep living, just keep living..! The bottom line of life is just to keep on living. It’s a shame that it was a Disney cartoon character who taught us what we know but often neglected - to just keep on living. Dory was a good reminder on life’s little secret. It was a good thing that children, in their young age and mind was already exposed to Dory’s reminder and it is with utmost hope that I pray they do remember this little song in the darkest times of their life.
I have to admit that I often take living for granted. I sometimes wish that my life was different and worst, that it would just end. Dory reminded me of what I already know deep in my heart. I’ve always lived life as I see it - to continue on living it - but what I didn’t know then was that it was actually the secret to living a good life. keep on living it and soon I’ll have overcome problems and the pains that come with it.
What better way to know what lies ahead than to keep on living and finding my way there, right? I have to admit life is really isn’t easy to live and at times it seems that giving up is the only solution we see. But when we give up and fight, then we’ve already lost a battle that hasn’t even begun yet. But seeing life as a battle is also a sign of pessimism. Life is not a battle but a gift to be enjoyed, and more often than not we fail to see this fact.
As it is always said, God didn’t give us everything to enjoy life, but He gave us LIFE to enjoy everything. Life is a paradise full of great and wonderful things. Nad the only way to enjoy it all is to keep on swimming, keep on walking, and keep on living.
It’s not easy but let’s remember Dory’s little song, “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming..What do we do? We swim, swim..” And with that, everything will just fall into place. You’ll see, you’ll soon find your own Nemo.