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"I'm Alive"


I had the rare pleasure of seeing an adult movie this weekend instead of a children's movie, and it turned out to be a lesson on mindfulness!
Brad's Status, starring Ben Stiller, is an excellent study of the activity of the mind--how it changes moment to moment and can impact one's life for better or worse. The viewer observes the main character, Brad, create his own heaven and hell repeatedly over the course of a two-day trip visiting colleges with his son. I won't give away the ending except to say that mindfulness really saves the day.

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