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Sunday, March 19
Four Flicks to Lift You Up
by
Marion Owen
on Sun 19 Mar 2006 11:52 AM AKST
My husband and I subscribe to Netflix for most of our movie-watching. (However, the luxury of sitting down to a movie comes to a grinding halt when our dinner cruise
season starts in late spring.) Perhaps the afternoon was particularly
dreary, but I let it get me down. This called for a radical, conscious
effort. So I went online and ordered four upbeat flicks. Here's our
list:
1) Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
PSST! I feature all sorts of tips like this on my friendly, monthly newsletter, the UpBeet Gardener. To read the current issue (always posted online), click here.2) Chariots of Fire (1981) 3) It's a Beautiful Life (2004) 4) Brother Sun, Sister Moon (The story of St. Francis of Assisi, 1972)
Seize the Moment!
by
Marion Owen
on Sun 19 Mar 2006 11:39 AM AKST
 This billboard in downtown Seattle provides us with a universal message: When all is said and done, we regret more what we didn't do, than what we did do...So when people tell me, "Wow, I've always wanted to go to Alaska," I tell them, just as I'm telling you, "Great, come. Your life will change." It's hard to put into words. You just have to experience Alaska for yourself. We can also learn from writer, teacher and scholar Eknath Easwaran who said, more » |
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