Where's the Love?

The need for love is key to human survival. I remember laughing at the song, "Lookin' for Love (In All The Wrong Places)," mainly because I find it most memorable when sang by Eddie Murphy with a Buckwheat accent. I never gave much thought to the deeper meaning of the song until the past week.

At the risk of sounding weak, I think felt myself reach an emotional low. Perhaps I had been there awhile, and what I felt was my resolution to stop caring about my present state. Irregardless, I applied the song's theorem to the idea that time and energy should only be invested in those who will yield mutually beneficial returns. This works in theory. However, love is intrinsically unselfish and the concepts of benefit and profit must be more openminded. In trying to exercise genuine love alone, you find yourself seeking the best in others and wanting to encourage and integrate with the beauty you see in that person, beyond the basic realm of physical activity. You find yourself in their company so that you may influence and be influenced. We need to grow from each other.

However, humanity is flawed. The evil among us causes humans to go down various paths of personal pain. Pain is contagious, as those inflicted seek to spread the condition to others. When this effects those in your cypher, it is time to cut losses. Usually, it is the doubters and small minded members of the clique that will get you crucified. What is tragically beautiful about the human race is that when truth is on your side, there will be no shortage of believers.