Heaven forbid, I love Charlie Brown and The Peanuts cartoons. While those cartoons and comics are classics, I think of Charlie Brown and the issues he faces. Charlie Brown has depression issues and dealing with peers. One time on "John's Blog Space," I blogged about the issues within Charlie Brown. Now for this blog post, I will explore further about this topic.
Let's talk about Chuck.
^ original picture credit: giantbomb.com - Charlie Brown. "Why me?"
Charlie Brown is probably not the kid you want to be. He is loved by a number of individuals, but his own issues prevent him from being widely loved. He has never done anything wrong to anyone to warrant dislike. Only thing is... he's star-crossed about a lot of things and never really becomes anyone successful. It just seems as if Charlie Brown can do very little to avoid getting teased or feel like he will never amount much of anything in life. While the Charlie Brown cartoons are funny and classic, I always think about how Charlie Brown just can't seem to really be treated fairly. If he tries to kick a football with Lucy holding, Lucy will move the ball away to where Charlie Brown lands on his back and gets hurt. While other kids were getting candy for Halloween, he gets a rock. So for all intents and purposes, Charlie Brown is just everyone's chew toy. This is further predicated by the fact that Charles Schulz (the creator of The Peanuts cartoons and comics) decided to portray some of his severe depression issues through the eyes of Charlie Brown.
There is one issue I can relate to as an example. Later in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Charlie takes a wilted Christmas tree and tries to hang a bulb ornament on it. The tree comes down as Charlie Brown thought he killed the Christmas tree. He then says, "oh! Everything I touch gets ruined..." So what do I relate with? I feel sometimes (and with some people) that all I somehow seem good for is ruining things, even when I am trying NOT to ruin things. I recently got my first-ever smartphone (a Motorola e5 Cruise/Play). It came with a cell phone cover that has a holster that you can clip onto your belt. it even got a screen protector equipped to it. I tried to work the cover, but the holster broke off. I couldn't repair it unless I used super glue or something. So I basically broke off a phone clip minutes after getting my new phone. I broke the clip- not the smartphone (which would have been worse that day). However, it made me feel like all I am good for in the eyes of some people that all I am good for is screwing up things when I am obviously not trying to screw things up.
When you put any kind of pressure like this- even in honest and/or unfortunate accidents or accidents that are not entirely our fault, one begins to feel they are only good at being a screw up. I've had to deal with this almost all of my life and still do to this day. Like I do what I can to be less of a screw up to people, but I somehow come through failing in some sort of way. The feeling of failure just makes one feel like failure is inevitable. When that failing moment happens, it is expected by some people, and you feel bad in the company of others. Almost as if you can never make certain peers or loved ones happy or satisfied no matter how hard you try. Almost as if to say, "why bother? All I am ever going to be is a failure in the eyes of some people."
Even whem Charlie Brown has his worst moments, Charlie doesn't go to the point of inflicting violence to himself or others. Charlie Brown doesn't punish himself in extreme ways for every failure he experiences. He doesn't take out his own transgressions on others. All he can do is live life as best as he can. And really... he rarely gets angry or upset whenever things aren't going right. So if anything can be learned from Charlie Brown, just live your life and don't worry too much about everything around you going wrong. People can have the most star-crossed lives but still don't lose focus of remembering all that is positive in this world and in this society.
That's all for this post. If you want to discuss, here is a question I have for you:
Can you relate to Charlie Brown in any sort of way? How would you handle being someone like Charlie Brown?
Thank you for reading! Take care and be well.
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Life Lessons: Charlie Brown
Let's talk about Chuck.
^ original picture credit: giantbomb.com - Charlie Brown. "Why me?"
Charlie Brown is probably not the kid you want to be. He is loved by a number of individuals, but his own issues prevent him from being widely loved. He has never done anything wrong to anyone to warrant dislike. Only thing is... he's star-crossed about a lot of things and never really becomes anyone successful. It just seems as if Charlie Brown can do very little to avoid getting teased or feel like he will never amount much of anything in life. While the Charlie Brown cartoons are funny and classic, I always think about how Charlie Brown just can't seem to really be treated fairly. If he tries to kick a football with Lucy holding, Lucy will move the ball away to where Charlie Brown lands on his back and gets hurt. While other kids were getting candy for Halloween, he gets a rock. So for all intents and purposes, Charlie Brown is just everyone's chew toy. This is further predicated by the fact that Charles Schulz (the creator of The Peanuts cartoons and comics) decided to portray some of his severe depression issues through the eyes of Charlie Brown.
There is one issue I can relate to as an example. Later in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Charlie takes a wilted Christmas tree and tries to hang a bulb ornament on it. The tree comes down as Charlie Brown thought he killed the Christmas tree. He then says, "oh! Everything I touch gets ruined..." So what do I relate with? I feel sometimes (and with some people) that all I somehow seem good for is ruining things, even when I am trying NOT to ruin things. I recently got my first-ever smartphone (a Motorola e5 Cruise/Play). It came with a cell phone cover that has a holster that you can clip onto your belt. it even got a screen protector equipped to it. I tried to work the cover, but the holster broke off. I couldn't repair it unless I used super glue or something. So I basically broke off a phone clip minutes after getting my new phone. I broke the clip- not the smartphone (which would have been worse that day). However, it made me feel like all I am good for in the eyes of some people that all I am good for is screwing up things when I am obviously not trying to screw things up.
When you put any kind of pressure like this- even in honest and/or unfortunate accidents or accidents that are not entirely our fault, one begins to feel they are only good at being a screw up. I've had to deal with this almost all of my life and still do to this day. Like I do what I can to be less of a screw up to people, but I somehow come through failing in some sort of way. The feeling of failure just makes one feel like failure is inevitable. When that failing moment happens, it is expected by some people, and you feel bad in the company of others. Almost as if you can never make certain peers or loved ones happy or satisfied no matter how hard you try. Almost as if to say, "why bother? All I am ever going to be is a failure in the eyes of some people."
Even whem Charlie Brown has his worst moments, Charlie doesn't go to the point of inflicting violence to himself or others. Charlie Brown doesn't punish himself in extreme ways for every failure he experiences. He doesn't take out his own transgressions on others. All he can do is live life as best as he can. And really... he rarely gets angry or upset whenever things aren't going right. So if anything can be learned from Charlie Brown, just live your life and don't worry too much about everything around you going wrong. People can have the most star-crossed lives but still don't lose focus of remembering all that is positive in this world and in this society.
In Case You're Interested...
Here is my old blog post I did in 2010 on Charlie Brown on his life issues... Charlie Brown and His Issues (John's Blog Space).That's all for this post. If you want to discuss, here is a question I have for you:
Can you relate to Charlie Brown in any sort of way? How would you handle being someone like Charlie Brown?
Thank you for reading! Take care and be well.
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