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I just watched this. Any or all of you reading, find a spare 94 minutes and 56 seconds to do the same. (It's also available on netflix for instant play.) I laughed. I learned. I empathized. I cried.

While sitting at stop lights, I often glance over at the person driving the car next to me, as most people do, and wonder about their lives. I almost wish we could switch bodies just to know how it would feel to experience this world through the eyes and soul of another. Whenever I am terribly stressed and terrified the night before an exam, I always wonder if tomorrow is just another day for that man I see out my window. My day-to-day mind wanderings frequently attempt to imagine the magnitude of life that is being lived...(does that sound too philosophical? oh well.) Try to imagine the babies being born, old friendships being strengthened, discoveries being made, beautiful art being created.

I've tried (and failed) to describe this curiosity I have to Simon several times in the past and apparently writing these thoughts as a blog post makes them even more incoherent, so I apologize. Take home message: This film forced me to become aware of others. (Something I've wanted and needed lately.) Not just those in my family, or neighborhood, or in Salt Lake, but those in Afghanistan, Mexico, Nepal, and the UK. And this makes my heart so happy. This gives me motivation and a sincere desire to make other lives better and also to become more present in my own.

Cheers. And Merry Christmas!

p.s. Search "life in a day" to find several more clips not featured in the documentary. So good.