One Love.

Admit it, the world needs more of it!

This piece of writing comes from a video I saw this morning on YouTube. It was beautifully crafted and the message was sent with grace. You can watch it here and also donate to a worthy cause as well. I write this blog, keeping two things in mind:

1. To promote love, one love. For everyone, it does not really matter who you are, where you come from and what you do, as long as you choose love, instead of violence, intolerance and hate.
2. To ensure that mental health of individuals gets looked after. Any individual, irrespective of who they choose to love, who they choose to be with and how they choose to express their love.

The world could do with more love and less hate, considering the current situation we are in. IF we do wish to avoid World War III, we need to make peace with the fact that each and everyone of us alive, breathing and kicking have free will. Free will to be in love with whoever we choose to be in love with, free will not dictated by fear, but one which comes from the place of acceptance, one that acts as a safety net, not one driven by fear, by hate and intolerance. We live in times where choosing someone to love and express who we are is frowned down upon.

It makes me wonder, when did we start getting so judgmental and not minding our business when it comes to other people? Who are we to determine which way someone swings? Who are we to ask about the choices someone makes regarding their love? Who are we to shame someone regarding their choices and their love that they consider taking their own lives because we chose not to accept them for who they?

Love is the one emotion that transcends time and space. Love, an emotion so strong, that lovers from past lives are reunited, family comes back to you in the face of someone else. That is how powerful love. We keep getting back the same people, recycled in different faces, different races and different descends . Love is meant to be celebrated and not berated or looked down on. It is an emotion everyone deserves to feel and one that each and everyone of us is capable of giving. Why not celebrate love, in its different forms? Why not love unconditionally? It does not matter who you decide to love, how you decide to love and why you choose to love the person you want to love and spend the rest of your life with?

We are all one in this world and as Dumbledore aptly put it, “while we may come from different places and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one”. When We don’t have the right to make decisions for someone else who is does not swing the same way we do. We have to come to realise that it is okay for a boy to be in love with a boy, a girl to love a girl, a girl can love a boy and a girl and we have no right in making anyone feel guilty about their choices. They can choose whoever they wish to be with and as long as that someone keeps them happy, we still don’t get a say as to who they should choose.

Why not just accept people for who they are, instead of inciting violence as a call to action to “fix people?”. Even if doing something positive is as small as defending their choices will bring about a change, why not do it more and often? There is no harm in putting out good vibes and love in the universe.

The world becomes a slightly better place every time someone stands up and says who they are and fights for their rights. The world becomes a bit more interesting every time someone stands for promoting a little love, a little peace, a little more joy. One love. It is what keeps us human, what keeps us sane and in the end is what will set us free.