Valentine's Day 2010

As John Lennon once said, “all you need is love.”  The world may someday come to this same determination but, I think we are more than a few years away from that enlightened state.

Valentine’s Day 2010 find us embroiled in an increased amount of violence in Afghanistan, an increase in the fears of a Iranian nuclear state leading to heightened potential for violence or hostility there.

Our president boldly stated that “We are at war” in reference to Al Qaeda which is not even a recognized nation-state but a network of violence loving terrorists with an agenda that apparently has no clear direction but, has a common denominator of anti-west sentiments.

The world is beset with many problems but, mankind has yet to really rally around a common goal of solving any particular issue but, instead has increasingly taken a stance of isolationist politics and circling the wagons against threats like drug trafficking, cyber warfare and “freedom against terrorism.”   In all cases, the all too easy reaction is a violent one.  We continue to amass military to combat what are really sociological phenomenon.  Violence will only beget violence.  War makes War…nothing else. 

Instead, we should be focused on the problems that are facing all future generations like, global warming, the rising of poverty, over-crowded cities, starvation, diseases with no universal health care in sight and a staggering world economy that has all the ear marks for disaster for future generations to attempt to resolve.

In the meantime, we all should take a cue from James Taylor’s tune and “Shower the people you love with love.”  It could be the one thing that we all can do that will make a difference in the world’s situation.