Find your purpose

🎬 Ordinary Angels is a movie you need to see

For the last two weeks, we’ve focused on a simple exercise to check in and calibrate our lives. If you haven’t had an opportunity to do it yet, here it is once more:

Check in: How well are you doing across all roles in your life?

Use a check-in to calibrate and create the life you want

And if you have, how did you find it? Did you lean into different parts of your life this week more? Were you more intentional?

I evaluated how I showed up this week across each role and compared it against last week. Already, I can sense a little improvement in three areas. Because I had last week’s in Excel I was able to quickly plot this week’s ratings and see the change. I hadn’t planned on doing this but found it interesting and am now thinking I may do this for a while to see trends. If you’re a data or visual person, you might find doing so helpful, too.¹

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Last week, I wrote “Look for opportunities to show up. Be helpful. Surprise and delight.”

This week, I’d like to introduce you to an incredible story that exemplifies this.

🎬Ordinary Angels

My advice? Find a reason to be here that’s bigger than you.

-Ordinary Angels (source)

Sharon (Hilary Swank). Press image. Credit: Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. (source).

Recently, I was invited to see a movie. I didn’t know anything about it; I hadn’t even seen the trailer. But it turned out to be the best movie I’ve seen this year — and I highly encourage you to see it.

Here is the basic plot:

Based on a remarkable true story, ORDINARY ANGELS centers on Sharon Steves (Hilary Swank), a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small-town Kentucky who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed Schmitt (Alan Ritchson), a widower working hard to make ends meet for his two daughters. With his youngest daughter waiting for a liver transplant, Sharon sets her mind to helping the family and will move mountains to do it. What unfolds is the inspiring tale of faith, everyday miracles, and ordinary angels. (source)

Life is about saying yes and then figuring out how.

-Ordinary Angels (source)

Ed (Alan Ritchson). Press image Credit: Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. (source).

You want to go on an adventure?

-Ordinary Angels (source)

Ed with daughter. Press image. Credit: Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. (source).

👉Watch the trailer

Here is the trailer (2m24s). It is heartwarming, funny, and moving. If you don’t typically pause to watch embedded media, please do today. You won’t regret it. I haven’t done a media embed for a while and genuinely believe in the power of this story.

Ordinary Angels is an inspiring movie. It’s also based on an incredible true story. Go see it.

• Read reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

• Find showtimes and more information on Google

Poster. Credit: Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. (source)

And, if you’ve seen it, I encourage you to share your impressions with others in the comments.

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I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Be well,

-Bryce

PS: As I continue to calibrate, I will be taking a week off each quarter to ensure Bryce's Blog remains sustainable for you and for me. Thus, there will not be a new issue next week. My next new issue will be March 23. Thanks for understanding. :)

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