These days it seems like I am reading and watching many things that teach me good lessons. As for today, I watched a movie called 'Desert Flower,' which was recommended by my dear friend Michelle. When I first saw the cover, I saw some cat walk shots and thought it would be some chick flick. But Michelle told me a different story. She said, 'It's very sad.' I thought, 'How can a chick flick can be that sad?' With my doubts, I put the DVD in the CD-ROM and waited for the movie to begin. When the first scene appeared, I realized that this was not going to be some chick flick about the fashion world. I was drawn into the movie the whole time I was watching it and finally when it ended, I had to wipe out some tears I had shed. A long sigh, followed by a plaudit: 'What a great movie.' After everything was done, I searched for the model, Waris Dirie, desert flower, and found a picture of her smiling with the actress/model in the movie. Then I realized that the actress and the real model actually shared the experience, and could understand each other from the deep. Maybe that was why the movie was such a success. It made me think that there are so many different types of life out there in the world, and I am just a nano piece of it. I tell myself and people around me that I have experienced so many things through travelling around and meeting people from different countries. Yet, I am still just a little frog in a well, who got to have a small telescope so that I can take a little glimpse of what is out there. I really thank Michelle for giving me the opportunity to be exposed to what is really going on in another part of the world. It has been an amazing experience, as if I actually shared and felt the pain of the girls in Africa who go through female genital mutilation. This afternoon could have been mundane and insipid, but this movie added a color in it and made my heart warm. I feel again, how happy I am and how I should treat everything and everyone with appreciation. And again, I learned a good lesson.