IF ONLY -- a movie that will make you LOVE AS IF THERE IS NO TOMORROW

What would you do if your loved one has only a day left to live?

Would you do the same thing if you knew that you are the one who has a day left to live?

Ian Wyndham (Paul Nicholls -- a British actor who made me cry while I was watching the movie) was given a chance to relive the day in order for him to "save the life" of his girlfriend, Samantha Andrews ( Jennifer Love Hewitt). Ian had a bad dream. In his dream, his girlfriend died shortly after they had a fight on the day of her graduation. He could not accept that Samantha was gone.

The following morning, he woke up with Samantha on her side. He was amazed to realize that her "death" was all just a dream- - a bad dream. But the details in his dream started to happen, in different order and few changes on instances. For example, in his dream, Samantha showed him a "surprise" that morning. that "surprise" was shown to him in reality. His watch cracked in his dream. And it also happened in reality.

Ian wanted to change the events that led to Samantha's death (in his dream).

There was a mysterious taxi driver who was both in his dream and in reality who told him that the best he could do was to APPRECIATE HER AND WHAT HE HAS and LOVE HER. So, that was what he did. He did nothing but to love her like there was no tomorrow. At the end of the day, Ian thought he had changed her fate.

Then the accident came -- the same car accident he saw in his dream, causing Samantha's death. The end of the story showed Samantha crying. Ian died in the accident after attempting to save Samantha. Terrible and sad ending.

But at least Ian was able to show Samantha the real meaning of love. He told her that it was she who taught him how to love. He said I LOVE YOU to Samantha many times. He thought Samantha would leave him that day. He had no idea that it was he who was about to leave Samantha.

Lesson: let's not take for granted the people who love us. Let us not keep our feelings towards other people to ourselves. It won't hurt to love as if there is no tomorrow.

pix fr. www.paulnichollsonline.co.uk.

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