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What matters

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Greetings! A book that I recently read proclaimed that "What things are, doesn't really matter, but what they mean to us is what matters".  As if by cue, (or in other words, as the invisible hands of coincidences would have it), it clicked with a movie that was being reminisced by a good friend recently! And here I share with you how the twains met, but before that, little bit about the movie. Every once in a while, a masterpiece of a movie is created that brings out fundamental human qualities vs. fallacies, are acted brilliantly, cinematographed richly and directed impactfully – “Men of Honor” is one such masterpiece. If you haven't watched it, then please do - I would definitely recommend it.  This is the story of Carl Brashear, who joins U.S. Navy to become the first African American Master Diver and a no-nonsense, bitter but a true patriot "Master Chief" Billy Sunday. These are the two "Men of Honor". While they alternately spar and respect ea