I tell stories of different people and movie characters in ways they live their lives that inspire me and others. In character-driven movies, stories and actors can cause our hearts to beat faster, harder, and move us from our seats as they accomplish a goal, overcome obstacles, cry, love, persevere and find meaning in their lives. It is those times we live vicariously though the them. We connect the human spirit in those characters and films - to lead us to do good - for ourselves and others. It is the human condition. When I watch, "A Beautiful Mind" I feel the love and pride Jennifer Connelly's character feels as she watches her husband go from being a bright professor, to a man-child at home, and to a nobel prize winner as an elderly man. I feel the pain of her husband, Russell Crowe's character, as he struggles with schizophrenia. His will to to live a normal life as he pushes his way, and finds it, through the halls of the college he once taught. When I watch "Castaway" and see Tom Hanks' character's fortitude to live, and the bond he forms with a basketball, I gain inner strength to win anything that comes my way. These stories move me immensely. They reach at the core of my being and challenge me to be better. These characters inspire and move us, and that is why we watch them over and over again.
I am happing to be making the connections.
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