It has been this blogger’s experience that love outlasts anything. It outlasts life and death, it outlasts hatred, it outlasts prejudice and racism, it outlasts fear, it outlasts depression, it outlasts sickness, and it outlasts complete grief.
I watched a movie recently called ‘August Rush.’ I neither remember the director’s name, nor the names of the characters and actors. What I do recall is the central message of the movie- music is the language of the soul and an expression of all emotions. The music stems from both the talent and passion of the musician and the love within his heart. The music is all around us becuase we carry it with us wherever we may go- in other words the ability to express that love within is in us all. How we choose to express or repress that love is up to us.
I am an advocate of pure love. It exists in the eyes of every mother and in the eyes of couples just married or married for decades. Believe me, I am not joking or speaking idealistically. Some people have a true love of music, some of books, some of their children, some of all children, some of politics, some of religion, some of their spouse or significant other, some of clothing and some of all sorts of other things like the great outdoors.
The love we each possess outlasts everything that we may face. We are all living proof that love never dies. Humanity has struggled through all kinds of maladies and disease, all sorts of losses of family, love, country, freedom, and property, along with natural disasters and man-made disasters.
Yet, love has lived on. It has outlasted the world wars, atrocities against all people of all races and religion and has outlasted those who advocated hate and hard-heartedness.
It is my concrete belief that love will live on. It is an unshakable force in the humane world and has existed through all of time and will exist when there is no time.
No matter how busy we are, or how isolated, all humans love something, whatever the nature of that love may be. We are programmed to care about something, even if it is ourself, our craft, or our family. Love always has been and always will be. It will live on forever in our hearts and in our dreams.
