The news makes me crazy--so I'm taking a break from it. We see so many men and women strutting (and doing and saying insane things) to garner power and position.
By contrast, I have watched two extraordinary documentaries that I can promise will give you the exact opposite.
One is a lively conversation between Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama. Two bald aging men talk about joy and happiness, constantly reaching across their chairs to touch the other. It's on Netflix:
Mission: Joy. Finding Happiness in Troubled Times.
Another is an episode of POV (Point of View) on PBS. A teacher and photographer returns to Appalachia where she taught children to make pictures and tell the stories of their lives in the 1970s. Former students tell her how much she changed their lives by teaching them photography when they were young.
Portraits and Dreams
In both of these documentaries, no one seeks position or power. And yet, by doing what they love and believe in, they are powerful.
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