Ewen's Newsletter - June 26, 2024
Ewen's Newsletter - June 26, 2024
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Film: La Strada (1954)
Synopsis: A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
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Book: The Woman In The Dunes
About: The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel. After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the locals have other plans. Held captive with seemingly no chance of escape, he is tasked with shoveling back the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten to destroy the village. His only companion is an odd young woman, and together their fates become intertwined as they work side by side through this Sisyphean of tasks.
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Music: Existdance
Artist: Xprezzzhatred
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Reflections
"Great acts are made up of small deeds." - Laozi
"There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world." - Robert Louis Stevenson
"Make the best use of what is in your power and take the rest as it happens." - Epictetus
"Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy." - Wayne Dyer
"The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are." - John Burroughs
Grateful For
This week, I’m most grateful for being alive. I had a hard week last week after the company I was working for made my position redundant. It’s a difficult situation to be in, but I have to be grateful for all that I have and really look for ways in which I can serve other people — at least, this is where my head is at.
What are you grateful for this week? (You’re welcome to share with me. But I encourage you to share your gratitude with those close to you)
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