Jackalope

I've mentioned Pixar's amazing short films before, but wanted to highlight another one. Boundin' was the short film shown before The Incredibles in 2003.

It's about a poor sheep who is shorn and becomes very despondent. He becomes the laughing stock of the valley and can't show off his dance moves anymore. Along comes a jackalope (check Google images, real animal!). This jackalope teaches the sheep a new way of bounding to lift his spirits. After that, the sheep doesn't care about losing his wool and just keeps bounding.

This is a very cute (and somewhat corny) story with a very true life lesson. Dory in Finding Nemo has a similar outlook - just keep swimming. Sometimes you're hit with utterly catastrophic events in your life - someone close to you dies, people hate you for simply being you, or whatever else - all you can do is keep going. And hopefully one day it all comes right again.

Hey, I know life isn't all rainbows and candy canes. Not everything just turns out for the best. Not everything simply gets better with time. But, I want to believe in a world where it does :-).

And who doesn't love a happy message given by cute furry animals set to catchy music!