Love is in the air
I love you.
Yes you, the reader of my thoughts, experiences and beliefs. Even though we might never have met or spoken a word to each other in person, we are still connected in an important way. You give meaning to everything I write, and to my existence itself. I hope that you appreciate my work as much as I appreciate you. But I'll still love you if you don't.
With all the war, hatred, intolerance, racism and greed in the world today, love is needed now more than ever. Although love is such a powerful force for good, there seems to be a war on love.
The media continually pumps our minds full of consumerism and instant gratification, making the idea of love “lame.” We are convinced to replace love with robotic, unemotional, disconnected “safe sex” with strangers on one-night stands with no strings attached. We are told that we should be selfish, self-serving, isolated consumers and that we should not become deeply connected or bond with the people in our lives. The media makes it cool to be unattached, portraying the single life as exciting, rewarding and sexy, while making the lives of couples look boring, monotonous, uneventful, annoying, lame and unattractive.
From a very young age now, kids are made to be ashamed of showing affection to others, especially to those they should love and appreciate the most; their parents. The trend continues as kids get older and are teased and sometimes even bullied for having crushes. Then it becomes worse as teenagers attempt to gain social status by using others and breaking their hearts. The intimate “romantic” details are put on display and shared over laughs of gleeful humiliation in the high school locker rooms.
For some odd reason, we have come to equate love with weakness. We have come to hate love like a disease. We fight against it, deny it, and belittle it for fear of becoming weakened by it. However, this fear and resentment of love is not really about becoming weak, it is a fear of our own humanity. Love is the most powerful expression of what it is to be human. It is only through emotion, especially that of love, that we truly feel alive. Love is the most powerful and liberating feeling that we can possibly feel.
Liberate yourself. Free your heart from the bad energy that bombards it, and let it love again. Express your love in a genuine manner. This Valentine's Day don't buy corporate unfairly traded chocolate, or dead flowers, instead say “I love you” and actually mean it. Do something amazing and romantic for your special someone that will blow them away, and sweep them off their feet. But don't stop there. Show love to all the people in your life, even the people who you'd normally hate. It is easy to love your family, friends and significant other. It is hard to love the people who bring bad energy into your life, but if you send only positive energy back, the negative energy will die. Love conquers all, it's time that we let love conquer the world.
Editorial opinions or comments expressed in this online edition of Interrobang newspaper reflect the views of the writer and are not those of the Interrobang or the Fanshawe Student Union. The Interrobang is published weekly by the Fanshawe Student Union at 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd., P.O. Box 7005, London, Ontario, N5Y 5R6 and distributed through the Fanshawe College community. Letters to the editor are welcome. All letters are subject to editing and should be emailed. All letters must be accompanied by contact information. Letters can also be submitted online by clicking here.
Yes you, the reader of my thoughts, experiences and beliefs. Even though we might never have met or spoken a word to each other in person, we are still connected in an important way. You give meaning to everything I write, and to my existence itself. I hope that you appreciate my work as much as I appreciate you. But I'll still love you if you don't.
With all the war, hatred, intolerance, racism and greed in the world today, love is needed now more than ever. Although love is such a powerful force for good, there seems to be a war on love.
The media continually pumps our minds full of consumerism and instant gratification, making the idea of love “lame.” We are convinced to replace love with robotic, unemotional, disconnected “safe sex” with strangers on one-night stands with no strings attached. We are told that we should be selfish, self-serving, isolated consumers and that we should not become deeply connected or bond with the people in our lives. The media makes it cool to be unattached, portraying the single life as exciting, rewarding and sexy, while making the lives of couples look boring, monotonous, uneventful, annoying, lame and unattractive.
From a very young age now, kids are made to be ashamed of showing affection to others, especially to those they should love and appreciate the most; their parents. The trend continues as kids get older and are teased and sometimes even bullied for having crushes. Then it becomes worse as teenagers attempt to gain social status by using others and breaking their hearts. The intimate “romantic” details are put on display and shared over laughs of gleeful humiliation in the high school locker rooms.
For some odd reason, we have come to equate love with weakness. We have come to hate love like a disease. We fight against it, deny it, and belittle it for fear of becoming weakened by it. However, this fear and resentment of love is not really about becoming weak, it is a fear of our own humanity. Love is the most powerful expression of what it is to be human. It is only through emotion, especially that of love, that we truly feel alive. Love is the most powerful and liberating feeling that we can possibly feel.
Liberate yourself. Free your heart from the bad energy that bombards it, and let it love again. Express your love in a genuine manner. This Valentine's Day don't buy corporate unfairly traded chocolate, or dead flowers, instead say “I love you” and actually mean it. Do something amazing and romantic for your special someone that will blow them away, and sweep them off their feet. But don't stop there. Show love to all the people in your life, even the people who you'd normally hate. It is easy to love your family, friends and significant other. It is hard to love the people who bring bad energy into your life, but if you send only positive energy back, the negative energy will die. Love conquers all, it's time that we let love conquer the world.
Editorial opinions or comments expressed in this online edition of Interrobang newspaper reflect the views of the writer and are not those of the Interrobang or the Fanshawe Student Union. The Interrobang is published weekly by the Fanshawe Student Union at 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd., P.O. Box 7005, London, Ontario, N5Y 5R6 and distributed through the Fanshawe College community. Letters to the editor are welcome. All letters are subject to editing and should be emailed. All letters must be accompanied by contact information. Letters can also be submitted online by clicking here.
