LOVE
Can we still remember the years as kids, when we watched 'Barney and friends' series?' In one of the series, a particular song was sung, titled, 'I love you.' The song till today is believed to be the most well known song by Barney. Even when someone croons it, or sings it, someone in the area is likely to join in as faces lit up, and lips curl up into a smile.
The chorus goes thus:
'I love you
You love me
We're a happy family
With a great big hug
And a kiss from me to you
Won't you say you love me too?
I love you
You love me
We're best friends like friends should be
With a great big hug
And a kiss from me to you
Won't you say you love me too?'
When we say love, we get meanings like, "It is an euphoric feeling," "It is a strong affection," "It is an inexplicable feeling of great affection," etc. But I tell us today that love is just a word, as individuals, we give it a meaning. Love is defined as what we define it to be.
Today, it is quite unfortunate that it is not every individual we come across that we show love to. Some people are left to search for love, when they can actually get the love they want from us.
In the world today, we see a lot of depressed people; a lot in need; a lot who need someone to put a smile on their faces; a lot who need someone to hug them and make them know love exists; a lot who need someone to interact with, but can't, because they feel they are not good enough, etc.
We see these groups and we rather keep our love, and not share. We say, "God will help them." We forget that the One we call God made and put us in the position to share our love with them. This draws us back to Barney's third line of the 'I love you' song, which says, "We are a happy family." A happy family is one that shares love to every individual within the group.
We are in a world, and it begs you and me to show love to our neighbors, it begs that we give love its best meaning by sharing it all around. Love waits to manifest itself for the world to be a better place, if only you and me can give it its truest definition.
The act of serving others, spending quality time with others, exchanging gifts, giving words of affirmation, and giving hugs and smiles are ways to give love its most beautiful meaning, for the world to be a family.
I need love, you need love, the next person to you needs it also. Can we start to show love now?
Victor Apata
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