Happy Valentine's Day

"Love is definitely in the air!" There's this feeling that keeps going around and it's not just for couples but family as well. Today, I kept hugging my aunt, grandmother, and mother letting them know how much I appreciate them and love them. Love is one of the strongest emotions. It's always there in your heart, it's always there to cheer you up and it's always there to make the worst days better. I used to think that Valentine's Day was for couples only but it sounds more depressing. What about all the other worthy bachelors and bachelorettes out there who don't have a husband or wife for themselves. Valentine's Day is for every person who has somebody or many people in their life who is very very special. Every valentine's day, I call my family members throughout the U.S. and inform them that my love is stronger than a rock. I don't know what I would do if I wasn't able to experience this feeling in my life. It's majestic and not to mention exquisite. This topic brings me to my next point:

When I was in seventh grade, my English teacher made us read this book titled The Giver. Now, I am not sure if anybody has read this book before or not so I am going to provide the gist. This novel written by Lois Lowry is about an utopian town that takes preliminary steps to rid one of pain. Any kind of pain. The protagonist in this book, Jonas, is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory  in his town (this sounds pretty shocking but in this town anything is possible). "As Jonas receives the memories from the previous receiver-the 'Giver'- he discovers how shallow his community's life has become." In fact, the community retains the process of eliminating pain or emotion by using pills. To them, emotions, mainly romantic love and sexuality is a dystopian. They refer to these feelings as "Stirring." I mean they believe that love will cause pain and it should therefore be eliminated. So, when you think about it every human being in this town does not experience the emotion of LOVE. What's a world without love??? 

Well, in my English class, we decided to hold a debate on whether or not our world should be loveless. Without picking my team or side, my teacher put me in the group where we had to convince him that our world should be loveless. Arguing a point that you don't feel passionate about proved to be quite a challenge for me. However, I was able to come up with pretty good reasonings and win my case. I remember saying that love causes more trouble than contentment. Love is the one who drives two couple to get married and love is then one who betrays them and leaves them stranded. A child all alone, loveless. Love always results in hatred. In any case, when you think about it, this is true. However, I certainly did not feel passionate about any of my arguments. Then again, life is not always fair!