I was walking around the house, thinking, when I saw a newspaper (dated January 4, 2013). I sat and searched for the comics section–that’s my favorite page and the first thing I open once I get my hands on newspapers. I saw this comics strip from Charles Schulz’s Peanuts and it speaks about what I had in mind:
(Comics strip copy taken from http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2013/01/04)
Anticipation. It has been my problem since childhood. I always anticipate. I always end up disappointed and frustrated because most of the time I don’t get what I expected. Linus here says it all. He may have talked about his stomach but this line speaks universally. Schulz was very good at it. He’s incredibly great in hiding lessons of life under the sweet lines of Charlie Brown or the playful thoughts of Snoopy. Well, I guess, it was because Schulz, himself, was a spirited man.
I remember hearing a story about him when I was in High School. I don’t know if it was based on real events but It has been my inspiration until now. The story goes like this:
When Charles Schulz was just a child, he was always excluded and rejected from almost anything, especially from their football team because he can’t throw the ball–he loosely based Charlie Brown from his own childhood experience, who himself can’t kick a soccer ball. But this did not stop him from becoming somebody.
When he started drawing Peanuts, he passed some drafts to Walt Disney but he was rejected–again. But he did not stop from pursuing his dreams, he continued. He went on. And after a few years of selling his drawings from one publisher to another, he finally landed at United Feature Syndicate and eventually became one of the most famous and timeless cartoonists in the world.
(Picture taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Snoopy_wwi_ace_lb.jpg)