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There’s a crazy little thing called love, and it’s with us every month of the year. In fact, some might say love is all around. (You feel it in your fingers, you feel it in your toes...) But if you want to know what love is, or what love has got to do with it, just visit any store in the weeks leading up to February 14th. A long time ago, four guys in a band reminded us that you can’t buy me love. Clearly, they’d never been to a mall or an online shopping platform. But is it really about balloons and flowers? Is that the true power of love? When someone asks how deep is your love, are they really asking how deep are your pockets? Surely, we’re talking about endless love. The many-splendoured thing. Because where do we begin to tell a story of how great a love can be? If you can’t help falling in love, you’ve probably heard that love hurts. It’s blindness. It’s a drug. Sometimes it’s summer lovin’ and, well... sometimes it’s love on the rocks. But that loving feeling. You know that loving feeling. When someone says love me do. When someone asks, can you feel the love tonight? When someone’s told you lately that they love you. When someone loves you tender. Always forever. Even when it must have been love but it’s over now. (Bye bye love, as they say.) So when someone just calls to say they love you (instead of calling to sell you insurance), you’ll know it’s the greatest love of all. It’ll make you believe in a thing called love (just listen to the rhythm of your heart...) You might soon find you’re addicted to love - might as well face it. And if you’re all out of love, or will do anything for it, just remember the old wisdom that you can’t hurry it. You just have to wait. (Just like your true love might have to wait if you ordered roses online but you left it too late.) February is dedicated to everyone, whether you’ve found your everlasting love or still looking for somebody to love. (Can anybodyyyyy... find meeeee... somebody tooooo....) So yes, maybe the shops are looking to make a few dollars more. Maybe roses are so expensive you’ll wonder whether they’ve been fertilised by Cupid himself. Maybe it’s all a money-making racket. But what if it’s a day for the good stuff, and truly all in the name of love? Because maybe - just maybe - it’s what the world needs now. Pop quiz: How many love songs were mentioned in this article? We’ll give you the answer next month. Happy Valentines! |