But to be fair, I have been ruminating a lot on the concept of love

But not love just in a romantic way which I think we usually associate and affiliate

You know, culturally I think we tend to put that on a pedestal beyond everything else

But I think there's no harm in discussing and talking about

The concept of romantic love

Because, on the other hand

You know I do think there's almost an element of shame, of desiring and wanting

And I think the way that this society can be sometimes

We end up kind of assuming that people are disposable

I think acts of love, acknowledgements of another, affirmations of one another -

Building each other up

It's also an opportunity for people to have each other's backs

And build community together

And from that, that can elicit a whole different type of love

I think love creates love, and you know, we're all here as a product of love

And we continue to be here day after day for love, for the sake of love

I think we're more connected to it in our every day lives then we realize

And I think when we're going through tough times

We're often jaded and it's not because we feel misery in ourselves

It's because we feel disconnected from love

In a situation that may feel like we're contorting ourselves too much

To appease whatever environment we're in

And I think, you know

Without trying to make things so intentionally political

It does kind of become an environment where economically

It's all about the invisible hand, the middle man

But there's always love as a saving grace

As an act of salvation

When you listen to a song that you feel in your heart -

And you feel it literally in your bones and every fibre of your being

Or you're in the company of an individual and people, community

That makes you feel safe

Makes you feel sure of yourself and good in yourself

And acknowledged and seen and heard and felt

I think that's a beautiful thing and

I think that's something that transcends any kind of value

That's ascribed by like economy and culture

And it's something that can continuously be reinvented anew