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The World is as BIG or as small as You Make It.

If you ever wondered how to travel without leaving your own home, you might want to speak to an awesome group of kids from around the globe featured in a Sundance Short Film with the title of this article, and recently featured on Upworthy.  

Thanks to some incredible teachers, and their own interest and participation, they've been making the world a smaller place, pulling themselves closer to one another.  Once a week, they are given time to connect and communicate with students around the same age from different cities and countries across the globe.  They sometimes speak the same language, and sometimes they'll use interpreters.  They share pictures and videos of where they are from and what they like to do.  

What they have is better than any generic movie one could see in the theater; they are essentially virtual pen pals.  These students have a unique "tour guide"-type system that shows them around the world through the perspective of other students their own age from every corner of the planet.  It is beautiful to see their connections, their smiles, and their stories.  I love hearing their honest questions to complete strangers and the answers that bring them closer, until they become friends.  They've never met in person, but they know more about one another than some of their own neighbors probably do.  It is a beautiful and shocking reminder:

The world is as big or as small as you make it.

See the film on Upworthy to get the full impact.

DOLPHINS IN COSTA RICA

Reason number bajillion and five that I love Costa Rica... What an opportunity!  Seeing this dolphin cascade is like a dream.  It's actually a rather unusual sight; Most of the time, dolphins travel in smaller pods.  So this is quite a moment for these people to have witnessed.  I, for one, am glad they shared!  Take care of this planet - every corner of it - because it will all come back around in beautiful displays like this for generations to come.

Dolphin Cascade by boat off the Osa Peninsula, Osa, Costa Rica