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so, what do you want out of life, anyway?

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“There was a time in my life not so long ago, that I experienced a moment that could only be described as pure love and happiness. It was as if love and happiness were finally real to me and were something tangible, embodied in that moment. They were in everything I could hear, touch, taste and smell. I could see them with my very eyes—reflected back at me in someone else’s. They were all around me, breathing life into me, as if wrapping me up in a divine blanket. And in that moment I caught a glimpse of something. A parallel universe—a way things could have been. An alternate reality where that love and happiness were mine to keep, a place where I didn’t have to let them go. I only hope that one day… many years from now when I am an old lady and I close my eyes for the last time—I will open them again and find myself there.” —Renata Suzuki Six minutes into Sliding Doors , we have our setup: two alternate realities. Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow) has been sacked from her PR job and heads...