Deep Red Love

It is that time of the year again when love is all around, in everything you see, in everything you feel and in everything you dream.....it is purely LOVE !  

On this day everything just turns red. Anywhere you go, you can spot red color. In restaurants the table covers are in red, there is a heart-shaped candle burning and even heart-shaped balloons hanging all around. One can hear romantic songs everywhere and though you can't see the "color" of song but you know it is red....yes, that red ! You go to a shop and you can easily spot red, heart-shaped chocolate boxes beautifully decorated with red ribbons and "I love you" written on them. And then in the toys sections of course one cannot miss seeing a big teddy bear with a red heart (of course heart is red) holding in his hands saying "be mine". Florist would be selling only red roses that day at an exuberant price. Other flowers just seem to be non-existent and other colors too. Price of one red rose stem would be more than caviar. But nonetheless you do see people spending lots of money on red roses, red balloons and anything that even remotely looks like red. It is just so red all around !! You can see young teenage girls with big bouquet of RED roses giggling and discussing who got most number of roses.

Love is indeed a very beautiful feeling. You love yourself, your family, pet, car, friends, food, work, planet earth, plants, flowers etc. But the sheer commercialization of this beautiful feeling seems to irritate me.  There are so many colors of love than just red. Let us celebrate love everyday, every moment. I know many would argue that on this day one has the chance to express "more" love. But why express "more" love just on this day? Express that "more" everyday. Why wait for Valentine's day? Let us just swim in the sea of love all our lives and every second and spread it around the globe.