Here we go again! With my favorite anime in the world, Naruto. I was actually impressed with the flow of the story; from being the hated one to a hero. The reason why I'm writing this article is because people who watched, collect or simply reads this anime have forgotten the exact thought of it.
With my understanding in such, meanings and ideas are all over it. It talked about war and peace between different nations. Some may seen this as fictional, others just like me sees this as reality. By just watching this anime, I then realized that we cannot attain peace if people are too ambitious on getting the things that they wanted; immortality, power and glory. It is impossible to attain peace without war, but it is possible to attain war without peace. In the history of our world, we have never attain peace, it is all about war and brutality between others. Time may run fast but disaster are becoming outrageous. I know for the fact that people who can survive in this cruel life are the one's who had experienced pain, pain that they can't let go and pain that is inside them. They want to prove something, that despite the things that they'd experienced, they never give up. They used PAIN to overcome and survive, as what they say, "sometimes anger can make you survive, and so as hope and love." We can use pain as our handicap but we cannot use "giving up" as an alibi to just let your life out of purpose. Just like what I learned in this anime, despite the fear and hatred, Naruto never give up and use his friends as an inspiration to attain and live long. At first, many people would hate him becasue they all thought that he's a monster and there's a monster living in his body, but he became an inspiration to his comrades, he shows love and care, friendship and courage can really make a big difference. Just like life itself!
When his mentor told him that he never changed and remain as idiot as ever, I'm impressed with Naruto when he said that "I'd rather be an idiot than to be smart and show no feelings to others," with that simple and precise words, determination was all over me. I don't care what other people say, as long as I can show goodness, love and encouragement to others, then everything will be fine. It may seem unpractical, but this can really make a big change. Life is all about suffering, it makes you cry and laugh, it can tear you up or build you, but things can be otherwise if you know how to stand up from your pain and giving it a purpose. I lived believing that my failure would build my character and that they were trials that honed my skills and in the end, I would accomplished a deed so great that it would obliterate all of my failure, and I'd die a death worthy of a true hero. Remember that everything happens for a reason, just like Naruto, things in his life changed, it is not always about suffering because life is a cycle of being, you may be at the top of the world for a minute but it can change and it can bring you down. The true meaning of life is now how knowledgeable or how rich you are, the most important thing is to have the will and the guts to never give up. Never go back on your words, and teach others the things that you learned in life. Just try to hold on and move forward, but still learn from your past mistakes, at that point, things can surprise you, just like Naruto! :)
