If you could, would you want to know the date of your own death?

If you knew you had only a few months to live, what, if anything, would you do anything differently?

These are the questions behind the Rob Reiner film, The Bucket List, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. The bucket list refers to the itemization of things you want to do before you “kick the bucket.”

While some of the circumstances in this movie are a bit outlandish, the story is one most of us have contemplated, and it makes its point beautifully. With Freeman providing thought-provoking questions, and Nicholson the more-than-meets-the-eye character, you just might want to have a tissue handy.

One thing is clear. No matter how close the end, it is never too late to learn something new.