“I knew little about the world and I was completely self-absorbed. It was only when I came out of my shell and started taking care of others that I found the real Angelina” - Angelina Jolie
One of my favorite actresses, Angelina Jolie, is also one of the people I most respect. I love that she gave her own life a make-over of sorts. What’s truly amazing is that, in doing so, she has helped, is helping, and will help countless people along the way.
I have nothing but respect for someone who not only attempts to save the world but fully believes they can do it – and Heaven help the person who tries to stand in their way!
Angelina Jolie travelled to the Middle East last week in her role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency. She met refugees who have returned home after fleeing the country following the downfall of the Taliban regime in 2001, and also visited projects run by Afghan Hands, an organisation which helps women and children.
The thing Angelina wanted to do most after her trip to Afghanistan was to hug her 6 children. And she did. She was so emotionally drained following her visit to the war torn country that she couldn’t wait to see her family again.
When asked what she did when she returned home, Angelina replied: “Hug the kids.”
Angelina said: “After seeing real suffering, you never complain anymore.”
She recently revealed she thinks people take her politics “less seriously” because she is an actress: “I don’t necessarily think that’s a natural role for an actor. Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for the UN because I appear in movies.”
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