September 19, 2013

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Day Two Hundred and Sixty-Two:  Kindness is Magic
Derek: Episode One.  Netflix Original by Ricky Gervais.

It’s always nice to see something beautifully crafted in an identifiable and flawless way.  Derek is set in a Nursing home, somewhere where we all have been, and Derek is the kindness in everyone.  Mindlessly charming and believably considerate I just finished watching the first episode and am having a hard time stopping just to write this.  I’m also crying, because one thing about this show that was surprising to me is that it doesn’t just warm your heart but it opens it even just a little bit. 

“I’m not clever or good looking but I am kind.”

It exposes the tiniest most important moments of life.  Have you ever said to someone that the little things count?  They do. The tiniest detail, the small surprises, despite how mundane or seemingly uneventful your days get it’s always the smallest details that keep momentum up in our lives.  I found that even in this first episode they took moments of small significance and magnified them.  I’m just so happy I started this.  Just hopefully I don’t cry through all seven episodes, but, no promises.


xo

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