Author Topic: Did you know that 🤔🤔🤔  (Read 14005 times)

Offline MysteRy

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« Reply #165 on: September 02, 2025, 08:53:15 AM »

🎀 “I created a little cat without a mouth… in the middle of a country that didn’t know how to express its pain.” 😿

Japan was still picking up the pieces after the war — a nation quietly grieving, silently rebuilding. I worked at a small company called Sanrio, designing characters to help sell cute things. But I didn’t want to create just something adorable.

I wanted to create a symbol of comfort.

At the time, my daughter was very ill. She couldn’t speak well, and there were many quiet days filled with worry. It was in that silence that Hello Kitty was born — a little cat without a mouth, but full of presence. 📦👧

At first, people mocked the design.
“Why doesn’t she talk?”
“Why is it so simple?”

But what they didn’t know was that the silence was the point.
She became a mirror — a quiet reflection of everything we couldn’t put into words.

Hello Kitty wasn’t just a drawing.
She was healing.

While my daughter fought for her health, this little cat became my personal refuge — and unknowingly, the comfort of millions. 💔🎨

Over time, the world embraced her. Backpacks, notebooks, toys — people weren’t just buying merchandise. They were buying warmth. A quiet companion. A soft, silent kind of love.

And though few knew my story, every time someone hugged a Hello Kitty plush, I felt like they were hugging my daughter… and a piece of me, too. 💕

Sometimes, the quietest things… are the ones that heal us the most.

— Yuko Shimizu, original creator of Hello Kitty

Offline MysteRy

Re: Did you know that 🤔🤔🤔
« Reply #166 on: September 03, 2025, 08:53:47 AM »

🌟🎬 From 304 Rejections to a World of Magic

Walter Elias Disney believed in his dream, even when no one else did. He went from bank to bank — rejected 304 times — before one finally agreed to back his vision.

When he pitched a film about a cheerful little mouse, MGM executives dismissed it, saying a giant mouse would terrify women. That little mouse, first sketched on a train and originally named Mortimer, would later be known as Mickey Mouse 🐭✨ — and change the world forever.

In 1937, Disney premiered Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. To his shock, many students left midway through the screening. Heartbroken, he later discovered they had simply left to meet their dorm curfew. The film went on to become a timeless classic. 🍎👑

By the end of his life, Walt Disney had created 81 films, received more than 950 awards, including 22 Academy Awards and 4 honorary Oscars, and built a legacy of imagination, resilience, and joy. 🌍💫

Reflecting on his struggles, he once said:
🗣️ “All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”

A true reminder that rejection is not the end — it may just be the beginning. 🚪➡️🌟

Offline MysteRy

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« Reply #167 on: September 04, 2025, 08:42:01 AM »

“I didn’t become known for being the most social… I became known for understanding how people who feel alone want to connect.” 💻🧠

Since I was a kid, I loved building things. While others were outside playing, I was in my room programming. At 12, I had already built a private messaging network for my family. I was never the most popular in class, nor the loudest. But I watched, I listened. And I realized something: everyone wanted to belong somewhere. That idea stayed with me. 🤓📲

When I arrived at Harvard, life moved at lightning speed — intelligence, pressure, competition everywhere. I often felt lost. That’s when, together with a couple of friends, I started working on a network to connect students. At first, it was just a project between dorms. But it grew so fast that the servers crashed. And so did my life in a way — critics called me crazy for leaving school. But my vision was stronger than my fear. 🚪🔥

I faced lawsuits, betrayals, sleepless nights, and choices that almost destroyed everything. I lost friends along the way. But I also learned what it means to take responsibility, to fall, and to rise again. Facebook wasn’t born in a boardroom full of suits… it was born from the simple need not to feel invisible. And today, millions of people use it every day for that same reason. 🌐💬

“Sometimes, the quiet ones… are the ones with the most to say to the world.” 👤💭
— Mark Zuckerberg