just around the corner…

finally i get to see "the lake house” (a remake of the korean movie siworae)..though, i don’t have plans of watching the movie. . the first time i saw the trailer i thought, "ahh looks really familiar to me!". .makes me think that i might either end up crying or lose my bearing over the movie. .

yes, i am a very melodramatic person. .but, watching it with someone makes it all worthwhile *wink*   

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the lake house…

feeling that it's time for a change in her life, dr. kate forester (sandra bullock) leaves her suburban Illinois practice for a job at a busy chicago hospital…one thing she is reluctant to leave behind, though, is the uniquely beautiful house she has been renting - a spacious and artfully designed refuge with large windows that overlook a placid lake..it's a place in which she felt her true self…it is a winter morning in 2006…on her way to the city, kate leaves a note in the mailbox for lake house's next tenant, asking him to forward her mail and noting that the inexplicable painted paw prints he might notice by the front door were there when she moved in…but when the next tenant arrives, he sees a much different picture…alex wyler (keanu reeves), a talented but frustrated architect working at a nearby construction site, finds the lake house badly neglected: dusty, dirty, overgrown with weeds…and no sign of paw prints anywhere…

the house has special meaning for alex…in a happier time it was built by his estranged father (christopher plummer), a renowned architect who let his professional acclaim grow at the expense of his family life..alex feels a sense of peace here now and commits to restoring the property to its original beauty…he disregards kate's note until, days later, while painting the weather-beaten jetty he sees a stray dog run across the fresh paint and then towards the entrance of the house, leaving paw prints exactly where she said they'd be..baffled, alex writes back, saying that the house had no occupant before him and wondering how she could have known about the dog; while kate, who just left it a week ago imagines he is playing some kind of joke on her and fires back a reply…

just for argument's sake, what day is it there?
april 14, 2004…
no, she says…it's April 14, 2006.
the same day, two years apart.
can this be happening?

as kate and alex continue to correspond through the lake house's mailbox they confirm that they are, incredibly, impossibly, living two years apart, and each at a time in their lives when they are struggling with past disappointments and trying to make a new start..sharing this unusual bond, they reveal more of themselves to one another with each passing week - their secrets, their doubts and dreams, until they find themselves falling in love. Determined to bridge the distance between them at last and unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary connection, they tempt fate by arranging to meet. But, by trying to join their two separate worlds, they could risk losing each other forever…

. . .

it made me realize that in our everyday lives, we just don’t turn your back on something trivial, for we will never know what it will bring us in the future..those who are grateful and those who nurture the little treasures that they have will be blessed with more and find true happiness, not in what they want to have, but with what they have always had with them..

waiting just around the corner will not get you anywhere.. be honest with your feelings.. keep in mind that communication is the lightest form of love..only when we are able to talk without arguing and ask without nagging can we find fulfillment in our relationships..love isn’t always an easy road to pass through..if you find yourself confused about your path, take a minute and let love help you find your way..

“..taking one courageous step forward and letting your feelings be heard can make you feel a lot better..just don’t expect anything in return..its always better to take the chance than be haunted by what could have been if you only had the courage to say what your heart wanted to..”

remember that you will not succeed as a human being if you try to live alone and refuse to love the people and things around you..your heart may wither if it does not answer another heart..your mind may shrink away if you hear nothing but the echoes of your own thoughts and finds no other inspiration..