Meiko - Reasons to love you

Since posting about Diana Pops yesterday, I've gone back to listen to Meiko, whose music led me to her.  Most of Meiko's music is more upbeat than that of Diana Pops, except for this song.  Both ladies sing so earnestly, and somewhat bittersweetly about a feeling that our society has put so much emphasis on...

And it is a great feeling.  It deserves to get more attention than other strong emotions, such as hatred, anger, sadness, etc.  All the world needs is love, right?

Okay, so now is when I get all cynical on you.  Of course, it's the day before the big V-Day - every single girl gets to eb cynical this time of year...

I watched a romantic drama with one of my best friends this week.  It was a sneak peak, and this may ruin the ending for you.  Although, with a romance, can you ever ruin the ending?  We've all seen enough of them to suspect the two star-crossed lovers will eventually end up together.  Which is exactly why I was so cynical after watching the movie.  The two had the choice of living their lives apart and becoming the next greatest thing to the world...but they sacrificed that all in order to be with each other, all because they enjoyed love so much...

Don't get me wrong, I'm a romantic person, and I love to fall in love (I'm still a socially-conditioned girl, after all), but why most there always be this grand sacrifice that needs to be made for the one person you pledge to spend the rest fo your life with?  And, if not, then won't society actually be better off if we all live up to our potential rather than working so hard to find that one person we can't live without?  If we put as much effort into making the world a better place rather than finding "Mr. Right," just think of what a difference we could make?  Plus, as a Romantic, I strongly believe that if it's meant to be, it will be (despite the amount of relationship books on my bookshelf).  And that moment of accidentally "falling in love" is much more magical if you're completely blind-sighted by it rather than trying to plan it out.

So, in conclusion, love is a many splendour thing, but we mustn't spend our days pining for it to find us, or changing ourselves merely to attract the objects of our affection.  When we're in love, we should enjoy it, 'cause it may be fleeting. And when we're not, we should love ourselves, 'cause we're all pretty awesome.  And, once you reach that point of fully loving yourself, you can do whatever you want in the world, and you won't need to make that sacrifice, unless that was the plan all along.

But, ask me again when I'm not a single woman and I'll probably tell you a different story ;-D