"Hazel" Is A Total Badass

A young African boy with a haunting back story starts school in Ireland, and finds out quickly exactly what it means to be the new kid. Winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar.

I love "Hazel". We should all be so lucky to have one like her among us.



* You can help the Sudanese by encouraging Obama to follow through with the new U.S. policy for Sudan.


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The Wolves

So, we did indeed have the extreme pleasure of listening to Judy Shepard speak the other night at UC Santa Barbara.

It was heartbreaking. And inspiring. And she was funny... And courageous... And honest.

She ended the event with this Cherokee fable. You may have heard or read this before, but I had not. And I thought it was worth sharing with you...



The Wolves Inside You

An elder Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life. He
said to them, "A fight is going on inside me.. it is a terrible fight and it is
between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret,
greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false
pride, superiority, and ego.

"The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity,
humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth,
compassion, and faith."

"This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other
person, too", he added.

The Grandchildren thought about it for a minute and then one child
asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied... "The one you feed."





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