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📖 Reading: Otherwise (Poem)

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I got out of bed on two strong legs. It might have been otherwise. I ate cereal, sweet milk, ripe, flawless peach. It might have been otherwise. I took the dog uphill to the birch wood. All morning I did The work I love. At noon I lay down with my mate. It might have been otherwise. We ate dinner together at a table with silver candlesticks. It might have been otherwise. I slept in a bed in a room with paintings on the walls, and planned another day just like this day. But one day, I know, It will be otherwise.

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🎬 Movie: Amélie (2001-French)

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Amélie approaches life with an inquisitive nature and an appreciation for the little things in life. She befriends one shut-in neighbor, plays pranks, and returns lost items to their owners. Gradually this charming character begins to realize that her life becomes richer by reaching out to others and pursuing the details that spark her interest.

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🎬 Movie: Eat Love Pray (2010)

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Elizabeth Gilbert is a recently divorced journalist who journeys around the world is search of self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy, the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Indonesia.

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🎬 Movie: The Kite Runner (2007)

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A moving tale of courage of two friends Amir and Hassan whose friendship flourishes in pre-Soviet invasion Kabul in mid to late 1970s. Where Hassan displays the courage and loyalty of being faithful to Amir, Amir, ultimately overcomes his inner cowardice to rescue Hassan’s son from war ravaged and Taliban ruled Afghanistan, to make things right, again.

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🤔 Questions / Contemplations: Pause for Beauty

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Think of something that contains beauty, love, and connection at least once a day. Note the aspects of your life that are particularly beautiful.

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🎬 Movie: Awakenings (1990)

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A doctor working in a mental ward full of comatose patients finds a cure for their affliction, freeing them from their unconsciousness but bringing them a host of adjustment problems. The doctor’s life becomes a quest to bring these patients into functional roles in modern society, though some of them have been comatose for decades. His character is a shining example of civil responsibility and social caring.

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🎬 Movie: The Great Debaters (2007)

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Based on the true story of Professor Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, who inspires his students to form the school’s first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

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🎬 Movie: Little Buddha (1994)

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Lama Norbu believes that he has located his teacher reincarnated as a boy in Seattle. The pair travel to Bhutan and the boy learns about the teachings of Buddhism, which emphasizes the value of humility in everyday life. This film explores the impact that modest spirituality can have on the lives of those who embrace it.

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🎬 Movie: The Queen (2006)

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The Queen offers a window in the House of Windsor in the aftermath of Princess Diana’s death. It depicts Queen Elizabeth II’s self-regulation, excessive at times, and how it, at times, does allow her to express emotions freely.

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🎬 Movie: Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

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Having but no choice, Akeelah, an African-American adolescent, reluctantly participates in a spelling competition to avert detention. As she succeeds, her passion to learn, spellings from Dr. Larbee, grows and she wins the National Spelling Bee. Based on the real story that took place in 1999.

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