opfmaui.blogg.se - Notes from My Travels by Angelina Jolie

I had been reading about Sierra Leone when I was in England. I read about different organizations that do humanitarian work.

One in six children in Africa dies before the age of five.

More than 100 million children are out of school.

One-third of the world has no electricity.

1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water.

One-sixth of the world's population lives on less than one dollar a day.

More than twenty million refugees exist today.

The question is, how could I not? Many nights I sat awake reading stories and statistics about national and international tragedies. So the question is not how or why I would do this with my life. I honestly believe that if we were all aware, we would all be compelled to act.

I am so grateful I took this path in my life, thankful that I met these amazing people and had this incredible experience. As I try to find the answers, I am sure of one thing: I am forever changed. Maybe because … I don’t know … maybe because my mom didn’t live very long, so there’s something about age that feels like a victory instead of a sadness for me.Introduction I was asked to write an introduction to my journals, to explain how my journals came to be, why my life took this direction, and why I decided to start it. “I feel much more comfortable in my forties than I did when I was younger. I do like being older,” the Notes from My Travels author explained. It’s slowly coming back, like the ice melting and the blood returning to my body.”Īngelina went on to say that she “hopes” to find peace in the aftermath of her marriage ending, as well as entering her late forties.

“I’ve been focusing on healing our family. “The past few years have been pretty hard,” she told British Vogue in February 2021. The A-list couple was together for 12 years and share six children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Vivienne and Knox.ĭespite their rocky divorce, Angelina has learned to persevere through the transition. Sammi 'Sweetheart' Giancola's Transformation From 'Jersey Shore' to Nowīeyond Angelina’s career, her love life has been making headlines for years, most notably her split from Brad Pitt in 2014.