The mush movies have often been my bane. Everything is so dreamy about them, that they feel surreal. There are a few, however that have a few thoughts, moments, words that stay with me. Such was the story of ‘What If’
Regrets have always scared me. The thought of not being able to muster the courage to say or do something at the opportune moment and spend eons thinking about it, in retrospect.
This post is in memory of the Hollywood flick, Letters To Juliet. The story was beautiful, lacked cinematic excellence but it touched my heart. Especially a letter that the protagonist writes, and I quote:
“‘What’ and ‘if’ are two words as nonthreatening
as words come. But put
them together side-by-side and they
have the power to haunt you for the
rest of your life: ‘What if?‘…
I don’t know how your story ended.
But I know that if what you felt
then was love – true love – then
it’s never too late. If it was true
then it why wouldn’t it be true
now? You need only the courage to
follow your heart…
I don’t know what a love like that
feels like… a love to leave loved
ones for, a love to cross oceans
for… but I’d like to believe if I
ever felt it. I’d have the courage
to seize it. I hope you had the
courage to seize it, Claire. And if
you didn’t, I hope one day that you
will.”
These words reflect so much I believe in – attempting to not have regrets, living with courage and the escaping reality that is love – the kind that is talked about in books and movies.
I should have been born in a different century.