If we can look passed all the commercialism on a day like today - the overpriced roses and endless love songs, the pressure of feeling we need to conform and send the card... can we see for a moment the offering a day like today brings in allowing us to celebrate the gift of love? How have you celebrated Love today?


Nothing last forever
Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941)

Nothing lasts forever,
No-one lives forever

Keep that in mind, and love

Our life is not the same old burden
Our path is not the same long journey
The flower fades and dies
We must pause to weave
perfection into the music

Keep that in mind, and love

Love droops towards its sunset
To be drowned in the golden shadows
Love must be called from its play
And love must be born again
To be free

Keep that in mind, and love

Let us hurry to gather our flowers
Before they are plundered by the passing winds
It quickens our blood
and brightens our eyes
To snatch kisses that would vanish
If we delayed

Our life is eager
Our desires are keen
For time rolls by

Keep that in mind, and love

Beauty is sweet for a short time
And then it is gone
Knowledge is precious
But we will never have time to complete it
All is done and finished
In eternal heaven
But our life here is eternally fresh

Keep that in mind, and love