Message in a bottle

Just finished watching Message in a Bottle at surfthechannel.com. I can't believe we missed it at the big screen. Gem said we didn't watch it because I hate Kevin Costner. :)

I bought the book, Message in a Bottle, last year but finally read it just this morning -- which prompted me to search for the movie. I wonder why it took me all this time to read this is N. Sparks's creation.

The movie version is more poignant, even more haunting than the book. Usually it's the other way around.

I particularly love these lines: "... I already had what everyone is searching for and few ever find, the one person in the world who I was born to love forever ... no wind or trouble, or even a little death can knock down this house.... The prayer is that everyone in the world can know this kind of love..." I like to believe I have found this kind of certainty.

To all the ships at sea
and all the ports of call,

to my family
and to all friends and strangers:

This is a message and a prayer.

The message is that my travels taught me a great truth.

I already had what everyone is searching for and few ever find,

the one person in the world who I was born to love forever.

A person like me of the Outer banks and the blue Atlantic mystery.

A person rich in simple treasures,

self-made,

self-taught.

a harbor where I am forever home,

and no wind or trouble,

or even a little death can knock down this house.

The prayer is that everyone in the world

can know this kind of love and be healed by it.

If my prayer is heard, then there will be an erasing of all guilt,

and all regret, and an end to all anger.

Please God, Amen

- Catherine