I don’t know how these things happen to me but I am glad that they do.

I received an email inviting me to the Dallas premiere of Columbia Pictures’ newest release, The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith. The invitation stated that not only was the event free and not only would we get to see the movie a month before it was released but the real treat would be that the Fresh Prince himself would be there for a Q&A immediately following the film!

So we drove all the way out to NorthPark last night to see the movie and I’ve got to tell you:

Go See This Movie!

The Pursuit of Happyness tells the story of Chris Gardner and his young son who were forced to live on the street after Gardner’s wife left them during the early eighties. Gambling everything for a better life, Garner takes an internship with a brokerage firm with no pay and no promise of future employment with the firm all in the pursuit of happyness.

And yes, I am spelling it correctly.

There wasn’t a dry eye in the house and afterward Mr. Smith was articulate and passionate about why he made the film and what he hopes it will accomplish. As you watch it, you cannot help but ask yourself when you would have given up. When you would have let the dream die.

You ought to see this film.

Probably the neatest experience was when an executive from Columbia Pictures led a prayer before the movie started.

I don’t know how I got invited last night. But I am forever thankful that I did.