The idea of just keep swimming gives us the hope we need to reach our goal – to finish strong, and to persevere through the hard times. It is at this point that we realize that sometimes we need to be Dory and “just keep swimming.” These difficult situations cause us to maybe feel frightened, sad or overwhelmed. Our natural inclination might be to be Marlin – analyze, plan, review every alternative, think things through. Here’s the thing: at some point, we all face a difficult situation (think COVID impacts). With these words, Dory is telling her friend that he should not give up. MARLIN: I don’t want to know what you got to (gotta) do.ĭORY: Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.”ĭORY: When life gets you down, you know what you got to (gotta) do? Along the way, they face a variety of challenges in their attempt to solve the problems facing them which leads Marlin to want to give up.Įvery time Marlin feels like giving up Dory says to him, “Just keep swimming. In fact, she insists on it and doesn’t take no for an answer. For Dory, a blue tang fish with short term memory loss, the solution to every problem is to just keep swimming.ĭory offers to help Marlin find Nemo. She becomes friends with Marlin, a clown fish who has just lost his only son.įor those not familiar with the movie, careful and overly cautious clownfish Marlon wants to overanalyze every situation, think through the options, and make a calculated thoughtful decision about what to do next. Dory is a friendly, optimistic, innocent fish who tries – and tries – to be helpful.
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In the Pixar movie Finding Nemo (and its sequel Finding Dory), Dory (played by Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so.
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