Spirited Away
I adore the movie Spirited Away since it not only profoundly impacted me but also served as a major source of inspiration.
The movie centers on Chihiro, a little girl who travels with her family to a strange world inhabited by spirits. Yubaba, the witch, turned Chihiro's parents into pigs due to their greed. Chihiro embarks on a treacherous journey to save her transformed parents. To begin with, Chi‐hiro must find out her real name because Yubaba has renamed her, and once she forgets her name, she can't return to her world. In addition, she has to clean the bathhouse every day, and endure the scorn of the inhabitants there who despised hu‐mans. Not only that, but she has to serve unap‐pealing guests like the Stink Spirit. Chihiro per‐severes and never complains amid the chal‐lenges, even when tasked to scrub a filthy bath‐tub. Later, despite the filth and stench, Chihiro serves the Stink Spirit, the so-called visitor, with diligence. All of her efforts are aimed at rescuing her parents. Thankfully, Chihiro was able to reunite with her parents and go home with the aid of Haku, the river spirit, who was also assisted by Chihiro in discovering his true identity.
Spirited Away teaches us to never give up in pursuing our goals or back down from chal‐lenges. Instead, we should bravely and reso‐lutely confront them head-on. So, like Chihiro, who saved her parents through tenacity and re‐lentless effort, even though the task seemingly daunting at first, we must fearlessly strive to achieve our goals. Furthermore, the journey holds greater significance for our personal growth than the goal itself. Without a goal, we will become aimless, but without a step-by-step endeavor, we arrive nowhere, even if we err from our path. We often stress, "The process is more important than the result." To be success‐ful, we must set lofty goals and go in the right di‐rection, but the first step is to take action.
"Spirited Away" is a film worth watching.