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1. Our Eyes Are Windows--Mine Were Cloudy!

I think that’s a wild and crazy picture of Hillary, and I figured it was a good way to get your attention. I always loved the quote, “Our eyes are windows to our soul.” I heard that many moons ago, yet I think about it a lot as watch people come and go daily in my life. I am highly attracted to people who have a passion in their eyes that declare, “I love the work that I do! Just watch me do my thing!” Of course, I love observing them.


I was worried about my cataract surgery last night, and I had to be at the Surgery Center at 6:30 a.m., which is long before I usually jump out of bed in the morning. And what was I doing with my valuable time? I was watching Charlie Rose interview Morgan Freeman. It was a very gentle, relaxing, and honest interview. Tears could be seen rolling around in Morgan’s eyes, and perhaps, Charlie’s. Both men have deep respect for one another and their talents. Both men admitted that they could have been better family men had they give more time to the role. But they sought happiness through perfecting their talents in the media with total determination. Both were happy with the way their lives have unfolded.

But Morgan said that he is trying to do better as a father now.

Morgan shared a poem that meant a great deal to him that learned in his youth and is a pivotal part of his latest movie. Can you imagine that?—poetry being important in the mainstream? The movie? The movie is Invictus, starring Morgan as Nelson Mandela, who rallies South Aftrica’s underdog rugby team as they strive to do the impossible: win the 1995 World Cup Championship match. The movie is named after a poem. Can you believe that?

Charlie said at the end that there’s always a great story if you can get someone to talk about why they leap out of bed in the morning. 

In the morning, I leapt out of bed, even though I had a significantly less amount of sleep than usual, a

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