Monday, February 14, 2005

Love, or is it?

Valentine's day is here. Love is in the air, everywhere. Perfect.

Some Afterthoughts

Love seems to be like those vested stock options that go on a locking period for a year, and you exercise all those options on a single day - Valentine's Day. Love goes on a virtual hibernation for a year, but comes back to life with flying colors on Valentine's day.

Looking at how the expressions of love and feelings are manifested on this day, it appears as if Valentine's is a day of re-assurance more than anything else - "I 'still' love you" or "Nothing's gonna 'change' my love for you", and the like. Or perhaps, leave your valentine totally dumbstruck by proving that your love for that person is much more than the person ever dreamt of - buy a card, a teddy or a balloon whose size approximately equals the 'quantified' version of your love. Love seems to be commoditized, commercialized.

Now, some more tangential thoughts. Love is more than about balloons of white and red or those mammoth-sized cards. I understand that Valentine's day, perhaps, is a day of lovers, but
it could be one of love, the scope of which need not be limited to your heart plus that of a special person of yours. Love could be manifested as goodwill for humanity, or compassion for those who have craved for love for their entire lives. Valentine's day could be a day of total selflessness; a day where a smile on your face translates to thousand others.

Happy Valentine's day!

6 comments:

S! said...

Fantastic post!

More thoughts in person... :D


S!

Anonymous said...

After all what you said, I hope you smiled well, my friend.

Anonymous said...

Well said!! :-)

-Chaitra

Anonymous said...

well i guess to start spreading love, you have to start with one person ;o)
having said that, i confess that i totally am with you on this being- day for love.

Anonymous said...

I read it almost a week late. Well written not to mention a great message :)

- Santhosh

Vaishnavi Tekumalla said...

Just saw your comment on my post and got here. That was a really great post! Well said!