If they will listen,
sing them a song. If not, keep silent ...just be there among them.
Because there is nothing else
for you to be
but one of them.— Chuang Tzu
Love is the background music to my life. It is the song that carries me along on a wave of happiness and contentment. Love is the sound of friends laughing, children chattering, lovers gasping. Love makes the world go round and round and round. So, having said that, I wonder how it is possible to live in this world without love. The sorrow of never knowing that someone loves you, of never being held, of never sharing - that is a sorrow so great that I cannot believe that it could be born - and yet there are those who are bearing it. It is unimaginable to me. Jesus said "love thy neighbor" and yet we live in a world where neighbors blow each other up, where children die never knowing love, where hatred grows like some black and twisted plant taking over the air, the water, the earth. Where is love?
Love is the background music to all life - the song of creation. Love is the sound of rivers rushing, oceans roaring, sunshine crackling, moonlight beaming. Love is the world in spite of sorrow, pain, loss. Love makes the world go round and round and round. Showing love is the bravest act of the weakest man - a reaching out in spite of differences, in spite of fear, in spite of learning. The power of love is so great because love doesn't seek power. Love gives new meaning to everything. Love forgives, forgets, sanctifies, blesses. Love is.
So, on this day of love, in the year of 2005, we are left to wonder if love will conquer all. To trust that all you need is love. To believe that in the end love is all you need. To know that love in all it's manifestations is the gift that is ours to take. All you need is love.
And if no one has said "I love you" today - I love you and Happy Valentine's Day. Sorry I can't send you chocolates by owl.
