Okay - you know we don’t usually write about movies. But we went to see “Bucket List” Friday night and it was so good, so compelling that we encourage you to go see it (if you haven’t already.)

Why?

Because, above all else, it’s about love. Real love.

No, it’s not about romantic love. Instead it’s about the very real love that develops between two heart-encrusted men who are “of an age.” It’s about their journey out of loneliness into heart-connection. And, most of all, it’s about the journey we all must make to come fully alive - by breaking out beyond the fear of being loved.

You may think that people aren’t afraid of being loved. But they are. We are We all are.

After all, what do you think REALLY causes the high divorce rate, the emotional and physical abuse?

Because the truth is that most of us have never known the freedom of a deep, all encompassing love. Most of us grew up in an environment of conditional love. “You be good and then I’ll love you.” “Be the way we say you should be and then we’ll love you.”

But that’s not real love. That’s emotional terrorism - and most families, sad to say, mostly know that kind of “love” and pass it down generation after generation.

That’s why real love hurts. Real love penetrates down deep into our souls and reminds us what we’ve missed out on all of our lives.

That’s what happens to both men in “Bucket List” - they are reminded again and again - and so were we as we entered their world and opened our hearts.

I (Judith) went through three tissues and remained appreciatively haunted the next day. While Jim wasn’t brought to tears, he too commented that it was a rare film that stayed with him.

There are too few films that touch on the very real lives we are living. “Bucket List” touches down deep. Go see it. And if you weep - you’ll be watering the emotional desert we’ve all come to reclaim.

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